蟠尾丝虫症

pán wěi sī chóng zhèng

释义

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

蟠尾丝虫症 的构成词

• 丝 sī: silk
• 尾 wěi: tail
• 尾 yǐ: horse's tail
• 症 zhèng: disease
• 症 zhēng: abdominal tumor
• 蟠 pán: to coil
• 蟠尾丝虫 pán wěi sī chóng: Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing \river blindness\ or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
• 虫 chóng: lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures