蟠尾丝虫症

Traditional form:

蟠尾絲蟲症

Pinyin (reading):

pánwěisīchóngzhèng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 蟠 - to occupy; to coil; curled up, coiled
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 虫 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 症 - ailment, disease, illness

Traditional characters:

• 蟠 - to occupy; to coil; curled up, coiled
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear
• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings
• 蟲 - insect, worm; mollusk
• 症 - ailment, disease, illness