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Onchocerciasis

nounid 103229·updated May 18, 2026
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infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas

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Variants

synonym
river blindness
plural
Onchocerciasises
possessive
Onchocerciasis's
pluralpossessive
Onchocerciasises'

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infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas

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