onchocerciasis English

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onchocerciasis

— noun 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

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river blindness

oncocercosis

onchocercosis

Robles’ disease