Onchocerca, Oncocerca
(ong″kŏ-sĕr′kă)
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[Gr. onkos, barb (of an arrow) + Gr. kerkos, tail]
A genus of filarial worms that live in the subcutaneous and connective tissues of their hosts, usually enclosed in fibrous cysts or nodules.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Onchocerca, Oncocerca." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770222/all/Onchocerca__Oncocerca.
Onchocerca, Oncocerca. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770222/all/Onchocerca__Oncocerca. Accessed November 13, 2024.
Onchocerca, Oncocerca. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770222/all/Onchocerca__Oncocerca
Onchocerca, Oncocerca [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770222/all/Onchocerca__Oncocerca.
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