Home › Words › V › volvulosisvolvulosisvolvulosis means onchocerciasis.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, volvulosis ranks #35,370 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin (Onchocerca) volvulus + -osis.nounOnchocerciasis.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.onchocercosis 69% match — Synonym of onchocerciasis. vs volvulosis →onchocercal 63% match — Relating to worms of the genus Onchocerca or to the disease onchocerciasis vs volvulosis →loiasis 57% match — An infection caused by the nematode Loa loa, normally transmitted by various flies vs volvulosis →dracontiasis 54% match — dracunculiasis vs volvulosis →ascaridiosis 54% match — Any disease cause by the presence of ascarid nematodes vs volvulosis →helminthosis 53% match — Synonym of helminthiasis. vs volvulosis →bunostomiasis 53% match — infection by nematodes of the genus Bunostomum vs volvulosis →anguillulosis 53% match — Synonym of strongyloidiasis. vs volvulosis →