RIVER BLINDNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • onchocerciasis (what does onchocerciasis mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) river blindness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • infestation (what does infestation mean?)