蟠尾丝虫症

Traditional: 蟠尾絲蟲症

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Dictionary entry

"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus

What does 蟠尾丝虫症 mean?

蟠尾丝虫症 (pán wěi sī chóng zhèng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1"river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus

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蟠pánto coil 尾wěitail · remainder 丝sīsilk · thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips 虫chóngvariant of 蟲|虫[chong2]症zhèngdisease · illness

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