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蟠尾絲蟲症 (faan4 mei5 si1 cung4 zing3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

蟠尾絲蟲症 (faan4 mei5 si1 cung4 zing3, pán wěi sī chóng zhèng) — "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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beyond HSK

Related words

• 蟠 (faan4) — Onchocerca volvulus
• 蟠 (pun4) — Trichina spiralis; to coil; coiling; curling; to occupy; to twine; tortuous; to…
• 蟠尾絲蟲 (faan4 mei5 si1 cung4) — Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or on…
• 蟠據 (pun4 geoi3) — variant of 盤踞|盘踞[pan2 ju4]
• 蟠曲 (pun4 kuk1) — variant of 盤曲|盘曲[pan2 qu1]
• 蟠根錯節 (pun4 gan1 co3 zit3) — variant of 盤根錯節|盘根错节[pan2 gen1 cuo4 jie2]

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