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onchocerciasis: 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
출처: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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| river blindness |
This parasitic disease is contracted from the bite of a certain fly. Causes blindness if untreated. The scientific name is onchocerciasis.
출처: www.allaboutvision.com/resources/glossary-3.htm
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| river blindness |
a parasitic worm disease that is spread by the bite of a blackfly; the best way to prevent the disease is insect repellent.
출처: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/glossary.html
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| river b. |
blindness caused by onchocerciasis.
출처: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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