onchocerciasis
noun
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Definition of onchocerciasis
— called also river blindness
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Fifteen years ago as much as half the population was infected with the worm that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness (see map). — The Economist, "How Sierra Leone is beating tropical diseases," 23 June 2018 Yet by 2017 only 2% of people carried the worm, and there had been no new cases recorded of people going blind from onchocerciasis in a decade. — The Economist, "How Sierra Leone is beating tropical diseases," 23 June 2018 River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a nasty disease that has burdened Africa for as long as anyone can remember. — Brian Rinker, CNN, "New tech revolutionizes fight against ancient diseases in Africa, Asia," 17 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'onchocerciasis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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onchocerciasis
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Medical Definition of onchocerciasis
— called also onchocercosis, river blindness
— see craw-crawComments on onchocerciasis
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