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LOIASIS

Specialty Definition: LOIASIS

DomainDefinition

Health

A parasitic infection caused by the nematode Loa loa. The vector in the transmission of this infection is the horsefly (Tabanus) or the deerfly or mango fly (Chrysops). The larvae may be seen just beneath the skin or passing through the conjunctiva. Eye lesions are not uncommon. The disease is generally mild and painless. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LOIASIS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

loiasis

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: LOIASIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-i-i-l-o-s-s"

-1 letter: aiolis, assoil.

-2 letters: aioli, lasso, oasis, ossia, sails, sials, silos, sisal, soils.

-3 letters: ails, also, ilia, lass, loss, oils, ossa, sail, sals, sial, silo, soil, sola, soli, sols.

-4 letters: ail, ais, als, ass, las, lis, oil, sal, sis, sol, sos.

-5 letters: ai, al, as, is, la, li, lo, os, si, so.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-i-l-o-s-s"
 

+1 letter: liaisons.

 

+2 letters: assoiling, dissocial, fissional, halitosis, socialise, socialism, socialist.

 

+3 letters: calcinosis, diabolisms, diabolists, dialogists, idioblasts, isolations, lanosities, lascivious, moniliases, moniliasis, radiolysis, siltations, sinusoidal, socialised, socialises, socialisms, socialists, socialites, socializes, sodalities, solarising, solidarism, solidarist, solitaires, solitaries, solstitial.

 

+4 letters: amyloidosis, anadiplosis, assimilator, basophilias, callosities, dissociable, fissionable, hospitalise, immoralisms, immoralists, insolations, insulations, nominalisms, nominalists, polydipsias, sacroiliacs, salivations, scallopinis, scholiastic, scissortail, sibilations, simulations, socialising, socialistic, socialities, socializers, solicitants, solidarisms, solidarists, sopaipillas, sophistical, spoliations, volatilises.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LOIASIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 4F 49 41 53 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01001111 01001001 01000001 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#79 &#73 &#65 &#83 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 004F 0049 0041 0053 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46494335534353

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
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