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]