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

synonym

river blindness
hypernym

infestation

onchocerciasis vs infestation onchocerciasis vs river blindness

Other words that start with: “O”, “ON”, “ONC”, “ONCH” or end with: “S”, “IS”, “SIS”, “ASIS”.

Other nouns that start with: “O”, “ON”, “ONC”, “ONCH” or end with: “S”, “IS”, “SIS”, “ASIS”.

Words unscrambled from / built with letters: “ONCHOCERCIASIS”.

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