(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 / 蟠尾絲蟲, pán wěi sī chóngㄆㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙ ㄔㄨㄥˊ] Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
[蟠尾丝虫症 / 蟠尾絲蟲症, pán wěi sī chóng zhèngㄆㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ] "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus