| 单词 | 丝虫 |
| 释义 | 〔onchocerciasis〕A disease caused by infestation with filarial worms of the genusOnchocerca, especially a disease of human beings caused by O. volvulus and characterized by nodular swellings on the skin and lesions of the eyes. Transmitted by black flies, the disease occurs in tropical regions of Africa and Central America. Also called river blindness 盘尾丝虫病：一种由盘尾丝虫属 的丝虫传播引起的疾病，尤指由 盘尾丝虫 引起的人类疾病，症状是皮肤上有结瘤状的肿块和眼睛发炎。由刺螫蝇传播，常见于非洲和中美洲的热带地区 也作 river blindness〔filaria〕Any of various slender, threadlike nematode worms of the superfamily Filarioidea that are parasitic in vertebrates and are often transmitted as larvae by mosquitos and other biting insects. The adult form lives in the blood and lymphatic tissues, causing inflammation and obstruction that can lead to elephantiasis.丝虫：丝虫科一种细长丝状蠕虫，寄生在脊椎动物体内并通常被蚊子和其它咬人昆虫以幼虫的方式传播。成虫寄生在血液或淋巴组织中，导致可以引发象皮病的肿痛发炎和障碍物〔filariasis〕Disease caused by infestation of tissue with filariae.丝虫病：由带有丝虫的组织感染引起的病〔simulium〕Any of a genus(Simulium) of black flies, several species of which transmit the parasitic filarial worms that cause onchocerciasis. 蚋属绳：一种（蚋属） 属黑绳，其中一些品种上携带能引起盘带丝虫病的寄生丝虫 〔microfilaria〕The minute larval form of a filarial worm.微丝蚴：丝虫的微小幼虫形式〔heartworm〕A filarial worm(Dirofilaria immitis) transmitted by mosquitoes and parasitic in the heart and associated blood vessels of dogs and other canids. 犬心虫：一种由蚊虫传播且寄生在狗或其他犬科动物的心脏或相连的血管中的丝虫（犬恶丝虫 恶丝虫属） |
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