| onchocerciasis | (n) 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, Syn. river blindness |
| 蟠尾丝虫 | [蟠 尾 丝 虫 / 蟠 尾 絲 蟲] Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans [Add to Longdo] |
| 蟠尾丝虫症 | [蟠 尾 丝 虫 症 / 蟠 尾 絲 蟲 症] "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus [Add to Longdo] |