| onchocerciasis |
Infection with worms of the genus Onchocerca. Human infection is caused by O. volvulus, with heavy infestations usually characterized by the firm subcutaneous nodules called onchocercomas; a persistent dermatitis with a pruritic papular rash, sometimes associated with edema, lichenification, thickening, wrinkling, and atrophy of the skin, with areas of leukoderma; lymphadenitis; and ocular lesions, related to invasion and local death of the microfilariae (eye worms), which may progress to ...
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| oncogene |
A gene causing or contributing to cancer
Ãâó: www.gastrolab.net/dicteo.htm
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| onco- |
(pre) Tumor-
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| oncologist |
A doctor who specializes in cancer treatment.
Ãâó: my.webmd.com/content/article/46/2953_489.htm
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| oncogene |
An allele of a normal gene, called a proto-oncogene, that causes a cell to become cancerous.
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