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Noun: river blindness
  1. 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
    - onchocerciasis

Type of: infestation

Encyclopedia: River blindness

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River Acheron
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
river basin
river birch
river blindness
river boat
river bottom
river boulder
River Cam
River Cocytus
river cooter
river dolphin
river gum
river horse
River Kasai