oncocercosis
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms) + -osis, from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /onkoθeɾˈkosis/ [õŋ.ko.θeɾˈko.sis]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /onkoseɾˈkosis/ [õŋ.ko.seɾˈko.sis]
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: on‧co‧cer‧co‧sis
Noun
[edit]oncocercosis f (plural oncocercosis)
- (pathology) onchocerciasis
- 2015 October 21, “Opinión”, in El País[1]:
- Desde los años ochenta, la ivermectina está disponible para el tratamiento de la oncocercosis y la filariasis linfática en áreas endémicas a través de donaciones de la industria farmacéutica Merck, pero no está comercializada o es muy cara en la mayoría de países para el tratamiento de las otras enfermedades parasitarias.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “oncocercosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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