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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ONCHOCERCIASIS

From Onchocerca, the genus of worms + -iasis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ONCHOCERCIASIS

onchocerciasis  [ˌɒŋkəʊsəˈkaɪəsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONCHOCERCIASIS

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Onchocerciasis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ONCHOCERCIASIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis

Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.[1] Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness.[1] It is the second most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma.[2] The parasite worm is spread by the bites of a black fly of the Simulium type.[1] Usually many bites are required before infection occurs.[3] These flies live near rivers therefore the name of the disease.[2] Once inside a person the worms create larva that make their way out to the skin.[1] Here they can infect the next black fly that bites the person.[1] There are a number of way to make the diagnosis including: placing a biopsy of the skin in normal saline and watching for the larva to come out, looking in the eye for larva, and looking within the bumps under the skin for adult worms.[4] A vaccine against the disease does not exist.[1] Prevention is by avoiding being bitten by flies.

Definition of onchocerciasis in the English dictionary

The definition of onchocerciasis in the dictionary is a disease found in parts of Africa and tropical America that is caused by a parasitic worm, Onchocerca volvulus, and transmitted to humans by various species of black fly. It results in inflammation of the skin and in some cases blindness Also called: river blindness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONCHOCERCIASIS


amebiasis
əmiːˈbaɪəsɪs
amoebiasis
ˌæmɪˈbaɪəsɪs
ascariasis
ˌæskəˈraɪəsɪs
candidiasis
ˌkændɪˈdaɪəsɪs
diocese
ˈdaɪəsɪs
elephantiasis
ˌɛlɪfənˈtaɪəsɪs
fascioliasis
ˌfæsɪəʊˈlaɪəsɪs
filariasis
ˌfɪləˈraɪəsɪs
giardiasis
ˌdʒaɪɑːˈdaɪəsɪs
helminthiasis
ˌhɛlmɪnˈθaɪəsɪs
hypochondriasis
ˌhaɪpəʊkɒnˈdraɪəsɪs
leishmaniasis
ˌliːʃməˈnaɪəsɪs
mydriasis
mɪˈdraɪəsɪs
psoriasis
səˈraɪəsɪs
schistosomiasis
ˌʃɪstəsəʊˈmaɪəsɪs
strongyloidiasis
ˌstrɒndʒɪlɔɪˈdaɪəsɪs
trichiasis
trɪˈkaɪəsɪs
trichomoniasis
ˌtrɪkəʊməˈnaɪəsɪs
trypanosomiasis
ˌtrɪpənəsəˈmaɪəsɪs
urolithiasis
ˌjʊərəʊlɪˈθaɪəsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONCHOCERCIASIS

once and for all
once bitten, twice shy
once in a blue moon
once in a while
once or twice
once upon a time
once-only
once-over
oncer
onchocerciases
oncidium
oncogen
oncogene
oncogenesis
oncogeneticist
oncogenic
oncogenicity
oncogenous
oncologic
oncological

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONCHOCERCIASIS

acariasis
American trypanosomiasis
ancylostomiasis
ankylostomiasis
babesiasis
basis
bilharziasis
cholelithiasis
enterobiasis
lithiasis
myiasis
oxyuriasis
phthiriasis
pityriasis
satyriasis
South American trypanosomiasis
taeniasis
teniasis
toxocariasis
trichuriasis
uncinariasis

Synonyms and antonyms of onchocerciasis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «onchocerciasis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONCHOCERCIASIS

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The translations of onchocerciasis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «onchocerciasis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盘尾丝虫病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oncocercosis
570 millions of speakers

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onchocerciasis
510 millions of speakers

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onchocerciasis
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

داء كلابية الذنب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

онхоцеркозу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oncocercose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

onchocerciasis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´onchocercose
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Onchocerciasis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Onchozerkose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オンコセルカ症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사상충증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Onchocerciasis
85 millions of speakers
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onchocerciasis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

onchocerciasis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑन्कोस्केरिसियास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

onkoserkiazis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oncocercosi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onchocerkoza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

онхоцеркоз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onchocerciasis
30 millions of speakers
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onchocerciasis
15 millions of speakers
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onchocerciasis
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Translator English - Swedish

onchocerciasis
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onchocerciasis
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Trends of use of onchocerciasis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONCHOCERCIASIS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONCHOCERCIASIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about onchocerciasis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONCHOCERCIASIS»

Discover the use of onchocerciasis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onchocerciasis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thirty years of onchocerciasis control in West Africa: ...
Therefore, as observed in the original area, it is possible that a few residual foci of savanna onchocerciasis will persist after the end of the OCP. After 2002, when vector- control measures will have ceased, in the absence of a macrofilaricide ...
Laurent Yaméogo, Jean-Marc Hougard, 2003
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Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
The onchocerciasis control programs have yielded the following results: • 1989– 90—60,000 people treated in 11 countries • 1994—2 million people treated • 2002 (end of phase 1)—40 million people protected in 11 countries; 600,000 cases ...
Dean T. Jamison, 2006
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Infectious Diseases and Arthropods
The registration of Mectizan (ivermectin, MSD) for treatment of human onchocerciasis in 1987, and the donation of this drug by Merck and Company for as long as needed provided a new opportunity for the control of this disease (21).
Jerome Goddard, 2009
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Principles of Medicine in Africa
This combined drug regimen may be enough to stop transmission of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis simultaneously. Unsolved problems The major task for APOC is to maintain and expand annual community-directed ivermectin ...
Eldryd Parry, 2004
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Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?
Onchocerciasis is a parasitic disease, endemic in West Africa, that causes debilitation, eye damage, and (eventually) "river blindness." The disease is caused by a parasitic worm and transmitted by the bite of the female blackfly, which breeds ...
Alan H. Gelb, 2000
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Oxford Textbook of Medicine
Unless M. streptocerca microfilariae are differentiated parasitolog- ically from those of O. volvulus, inappropriate mass treatment programmes for onchocerciasis could be implemented. Clinical manifestions Of the mansonellas, only M.
D. A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox, John D. Firth, 2003
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Case Studies in Global Health: Millions Saved
The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP) has earned its place as one of the signal achievements of international public health, demonstrating the power of collaboration across countries and agencies, the importance of long-term funding  ...
Ruth Levine, 2007
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Parasitic Diseases: Treatment & Control
populations to establish a relative equilibrium with onchocerciasis and balance the risk, and therefore, result in a foreseeable increase in the severity of onchocerciasis. The effect of onchocerciasis on land availability and land use is ...
Max J. Miller, Edgar Love, 1989
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Advances in Parasitology APL
The present work on bovine onchocerciasis at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Field Station at Winches Farm is designed in part to study this problem. There have been instances of Onchocerca infection in persons who  ...
Ben Dawes, 1970
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Uveitis
ParasitolToday. 1996;12:179-86. Murdoch ME, Payton A, Abios A, et a]. HLA-DQ alleles associate with cutaneous features ofonchocerciasis. The Kaduna- LondonManchester Collaboration for Re search on Onchocerciasis. Hum Immunol.
C. Stephen Foster, Albert T. Vitale, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONCHOCERCIASIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term onchocerciasis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ministry Set to Prevent, Control Eight Diseases By 2020
The eight neglected tropical diseases are dracunculiasis, onchocerciasis, leishmaniasis, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, soil transmitted ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
iPhone microscope automates parasite detection
... in Cameroon, where health officials have been battling the parasitic worm diseases onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis. «Vision Systems Design, Jul 15»
3
July/August 2015: Google 3D sensing, supersonic vision, iPhone …
... in Cameroon, where health officials have been battling the parasitic worm diseases onchocerciasis (river blindness) and lymphatic filariasis. «Vision Systems Design, Jul 15»
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Lessons in global health: let poor countries run their own programmes
Other countries used the single funded programme they had – onchocerciasis in Burundi's case – as the building block to a fully integrated, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Stopping the Elephant Disease
Elephantiasis is the common name for the conditions, but the more medical term is Onchocerciasis. The term Elephantiasis is derived from the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Helen Keller International Joins the END Fund for Summit to See the …
NTDs include trachoma, lymphatic filariasis (which can cause elephantiasis), onchocerciasis (river blindness), and intestinal worms -- all of ... «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
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Newspaper review: Today's Front Pages
... the Volta Region to allay fears of the people concerning the upcoming Ebola vaccine trial at the Onchocerciasis Research Centre in Hohoe. «Pulse.com.gh, Jul 15»
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Burden of Neglected Diseases in Sokoto
On onchocerciasis, which is noted to be endemic in 15 communities of Goronyo Local Government Area, Idris said since 1998, MDA is being ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Smart phones assist parasite diagnosis
Although this is very effective for treatment of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis, ivermectin can cause severe side effects in Loa ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Ebola vaccine trial safe; Experts assert
... Volta Region to allay the fears of the people concerning the upcoming Ebola vaccine trial at the Onchocerciasis Research Centre in Hohoe. «Graphic Online, Jul 15»

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