river blindness
OnchocerciasisOnchocerciasis.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Onchocerciasis.
More definitions
- infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America:onchocerciasis
Lessons for this word
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