onchocerciasis Definition

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onchocerciasis

noun(on-cho-cer-ci-a-sis)

infestation with or disease caused by filarial worms (genus Onchocerca); especially : a human disease marked by subcutaneous nodules, dermatitis, and visual impairment and caused by a worm (O. volvulus) found in Africa and tropical America which is transmitted by the bite of a female blackfly —called also river blindness

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onchocerciasis Definition

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