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onchocerciasis
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onchocerciasis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun onchocerciasis has 1 sense
- onchocerciasis(n = noun.state) river blindness - 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; Array is a kind of infestation
CIDE DICTIONARY
onchocerciasis, n.
An infection with nematodes of the genus Onchocerca , especially Onchocerca volvulus . Untreated, such infections can cause serious dermatological problems, and in advanced cases may lead to blindness. In certain areas of tropical Africa the blindness caused by onchocerciasis is called river blindness. [PJC]
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