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loiasis

[ loh-ahy-uh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loiasis1

1910–15; < New Latin, equivalent to Lo ( a ) a worm genus + -iasis -iasis

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