Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun onchocerciasis
1 sense of onchocerciasis
Sense 1
onchocerciasis, river blindness -- (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)
=> infestation -- (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)