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Definition of: loasis
(lō′ə·sis) noun Pathol.
A species of filariasis common in West Africa, caused by a wandering parasitic roundworm (Loa loa) which often invades the orbit and conjunctiva of the eye: also called loiasis. [<NL <loa a trematode worm <African native name + -(O)SIS]
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