onchocerciasis
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onchocerciasis /ˌɒŋkəʊsəːˈsʌɪəsɪs, -ˈkʌɪəsɪs/
▶noun technical term for river blindness.
– origin early 20th cent.: from mod. L. Onchocerca (genus name of the parasite causing the disease, from Gk onkos ‘barb’ + kerkos ‘tail’) + -iasis.
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