onchocerciasis
- noun
- /ˌɒŋkəʊsərˈkaɪəsɪs/
- Specialized
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oncocercosis
- The treatment for onchocerciasis can significantly reduce the risk of blindness caused by this disease.
- onchocerciasis, or river blindness
Examples
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Efforts to combat onchocerciasis have resulted in improved health and well-being for affected communities.
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They also experienced higher rates of intestinal parasites, onchocerciasis, and yellow fever.
Academic text (2012) -
A rural newsletter is published biannually, and the project has recently expanded to include treatment for onchocerciasis (river blindness).
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Other forms of infectious uveitis, such as onchocerciasis, leprosy, and tuberculosis, are inextricably bound up with altered immune responses to foreign antigens.
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At least three infectious diseases common in Africa are treated with mass administration of drugs that have been donated by the manufacturer: albendazole for filariasis, ivermectin for onchocerciasis, and azithromycin for trachoma.
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In addition to malaria, SNEM has monitored and controlled Chagas disease, dengue fever, onchocerciasis, yellow fever (in Amazonia), and leishmaniasis in Ecuador (13).
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In many regions, onchocerciasis is a major concern as it leads to numerous health issues, including potential blindness.
Synonyms
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A disease caused by a tiny worm spread by black flies that makes skin very itchy and causes blindness
Surface Forms
Morphology
onchocerciasis = Onchocerca (opaque) = onchocerca + iasis
Formed from the scientific genus name Onchocerca plus the medical suffix '-iasis'; the components are specialized combining forms and are not meaningful to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Onchocerciasis comes from the name of the worm Onchocerca that causes the illness; that worm name is built from Greek parts oncho- 'hook' and -cerca 'tail', because the thin worm looks a bit like a hooked tail. The ending -iasis means 'disease', so onchocerciasis is the 'disease of the hook-tail' worm, the illness that can affect skin and eyes and is often called river blindness.