蟠尾丝虫症 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 蟠尾絲蟲症 pánwěisīchóngzhèng ㄆㄢˊ ㄨㄟˇ ㄙ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans, caused by the filarial parasite worm Onchocerca volvulus Character by character 蟠(pán)coil 尾(wěi)tail 丝(sī)silk 虫(chóng)lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures 症(zhèng)disease A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0