Search Result for "river_blindness":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: onchocerciasis, river blindness]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

river blindness n 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 [syn: onchocerciasis, river blindness]