onchocerciasis

İngilizce - Türkçe

onchocerciasis teriminin İngilizce Türkçe sözlükte anlamı

onkoserkiyazis

(Tıp) İnsanlarda Onchocerca tarafından meydana getirilen hastalık

İngilizce - İngilizce

onchocerciasis teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

A disease caused by a worm of the genus Onchocerca, especially as transmitted to humans by flies and often causing blindness; common in tropical Africa

infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America

Eş anlamlılar

river blindness

Etimoloji

() From scientific Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος ‘barb’ + κέρκος ‘tail’) + -iasis.