onchocerciasis

From New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms), from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -iasis.

• IPA^(key): /ɒŋkəsɜːˈkaɪəsɪs/

onchocerciasis (countable and uncountable, plural onchocerciases)

1. (medicine) 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.

• river blindness
• Robles' disease