LOA

Abbreviation for left occipitoanterior position.

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leave of absence; Leber optic atrophy; left occipitoanterior [fetal position]

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Loa 'lō-ə n a genus of African filarial worms of the family Dipetalonematidae that infect the subcutaneous tissues and blood of humans, include the eye worm (L. loa) causing Calabar swellings, are transmitted by the bite of flies of the genus Chrysops, and are associated with some allergic manifestations (as hives)

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n.

a genus of parasitic nematode worms (see filaria). The adult eye worm, L. loa, lives within the tissues beneath the skin, where it causes inflammation and swelling (see loiasis). The motile embryos, present in the blood during the day, may be taken up by bloodsucking Chrysops flies. Here they develop into infective larvae, ready for transmission to a new human host.

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left occipitoanterior; see occipitoanterior position, under position.