or  lo*i*a*sis  n, pl  -a*ses   :  infestation with or disease caused by an eye worm of the genus Loa(L. loa) that migrates through the subcutaneous tissue and across the cornea of the eye - compare CALABAR SWELLING  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  loiasis  ly·sis 
 
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