Onchocerca
[ ŏng′kō-sûr′kə ]
n.
A genus of elongated filariform nematodes that inhabit the connective tissue of their hosts, usually within firm nodules in which they are coiled and entangled.
Example sentences from the Web for onchocerca
Another curious filaria-like entozoon is the reticulated threadworm (Onchocerca reticulata).
Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold