Associations to the word «Onchocerciasis»
Noun
- Blindness
- Malaria
- Savanna
- Worm
- Cataract
- Ulcer
- Parasite
- Vector
- Disease
- Elimination
- Infection
- Prevalence
- Mosquito
- Vaccine
- Fever
- Treatment
- Programme
- Fly
- Africa
- Complication
- Control
- Snail
- Transmission
- Gram
- Dis
- Prevention
- Venezuela
- Guinea
- Ease
- River
- Drug
- Disability
- Estimate
- Insect
- Intervention
- Virus
- Health
- Cause
- Pro
- Load
- Soil
- Impact
- Program
- Human
- Patient
- Agent
- Risk
- Country
- Introduction
- America
- Focus
- Research
- Organization
- Problem
- Region
- Scale
- Agency
- Figure
- Community
- Individual
- Study
- Effect
- Area
- Example
Adjective
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Wiktionary
ONCHOCERCIASIS, noun. (medicine) A disease caused by a worm of the genus Onchocerca, especially as transmitted to humans by flies and often causing blindness; common in tropical Africa.
Dictionary definition
ONCHOCERCIASIS, noun. 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.
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