onchocerciasis

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 114477496)
    is a type of: infestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites
    same as: river blindness

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