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14 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical Ameri
originFrom New Latin Onchocerca (a genus of parasitic worms), from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “barb”) + κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -iasis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- chiccories 19
- snocoaches 17
- chicaners 16
- chicories 16
- chorionic 16
- coanchors 16
- corniches 16
- coronachs 16
- isochoric 16
- scrooches 16
- isochrones 15
- sciroccos 15