river blindness

noun

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The pause in fighting allowed health workers to distribute 200,000 cloth filters to impoverished areas, along with vaccines and drugs for other diseases such as river blindness, measles and polio. Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024 In 1995, Carter negotiated a two-month cease-fire in Sudan to allow health care workers there to more safely help eradicate Guinea worm disease, prevent river blindness, and vaccinate children against polio. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024 Great progress is also underway in combating river blindness. Jonathan Alter, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 One clue is that sufferers of a disease called river blindness are much more likely to have nodding syndrome as well. Jennifer Abbasi, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2013 See all Example Sentences for river blindness 

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of river blindness was in 1952

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“River blindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/river%20blindness. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

river blindness

noun
: a human disease of Africa and tropical America that is caused by a parasitic nematode worm passed on by the bite of a blackfly and that usually results in blindness if untreated

called also onchocerciasis

Medical Definition

river blindness

noun
riv·​er blindness ˈriv-ər- How to pronounce river blindness (audio)

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