单词 | onchocerciasis |
释义 | onchocerciasis /ong-kō-sər-kīˈə-sis/nounA disease of humans, also known as river blindness, common in tropical regions of America and Africa, caused by infestation by a filarial worm (Onchocerca volvulus), transmitted by various species of black fly, and characterized by subcutaneous nodules and very often blindness ORIGIN: Gr onkos a hook, and kerkos a tail |
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