RIVER BLINDNESS

Meaning of RIVER BLINDNESS in English

■ noun a tropical skin disease, sometimes also causing blindness, caused by a parasitic filarial worm and transmitted by blackflies which breed in rivers.

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RIVER BLINDNESS — noun Date: 1953 onchocerciasis
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIVER BLINDNESS — or onchocerciasis Human disease caused by a filarial worm native to Africa but also found in parts of tropical America …
Английский словарь Британика
RIVER BLINDNESS — noun Etymology: so called from the high incidence of the disease among people living near flowing water, where flies that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIVER BLINDNESS — Pathol. onchocerciasis. [ 1950-55 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIVER BLINDNESS — Date: 1953 : onchocerciasis
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER BLINDNESS — Function: noun Date: 1953 : ONCHOCERCIASIS
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIVER BLINDNESS — [river blindness] n (1953): onchocerciasis
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER BLINDNESS — noun [ U ] ( medical ) a tropical skin disease caused by a parasite of certain flies that breed …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER BLINDNESS — or onchocerciasis Human disease caused by a filarial worm native to Africa but also found in parts of tropical America …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLINDNESS — noun see: blind
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Английский словарь Британика
BLINDNESS — Inability to see with one or both eyes. Transient blindness (blackout) can result from vertical acceleration causing high gravitational forces, …
Английский словарь Британика
RIVER — I. ˈrivə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, river, from Old French rivere, riviere riverbank, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — ˈblīnnə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English, from blind (I) + -ness 1. : want of discernment especially with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — (n.) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Английский словарь Webster
BLINDNESS — ( n. ) State or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIVER — river 1 — riverless , adj. — riverlike , adj. /riv"euhr/ , n. 1. a natural stream of water of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — n. state of being unable to see; ignorance, unenlightened state
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLINDNESS — see blind I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rivere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * riparia, from Latin, feminine of riparius …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIVER — noun one who rives or splits. 2. river ·vi to hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks …
Webster English vocab
BLINDNESS — noun state or condition of being blind, literally or figuratively.
Webster English vocab
RIVER — [riv.er] n, often attrib [ME rivere, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL riparia, fr. L, fem. of riparius riparian, fr. ripa …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIVER — any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, bank). Modern usage …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLINDNESS — transient or continuing inability to see with one or both eyes. Transient blindness, in this instance called blackout, affects such …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIVER — river, River BrE AmE ˈrɪv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ river|s z ▶ ˈ river ˌ basin BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — blindness BrE AmE ˈblaɪn d nəs -nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIVER — / ˈrɪvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. ( abbr. R. ) a natural flow of water that continues in a long …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — ➡ blind
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIVER — riv ‧ er S2 W2 /ˈrɪvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLINDNESS — See main entry: ↑ blind
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIVER — n. 1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIVER — n.1 a copious natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea or a lake etc. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
RIVER — ( rivers) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A river is a large …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — see blind
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — see blind
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RIVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a river valley ▪ The route passes through beautiful wooded river valleys. an ocean/sea/river current …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIVER — [noun] [C] - a natural wide stream of fresh water flowing across the land into the sea, a lake, or …
Cambridge English vocab
BLINDNESS — [noun] [U]Her blindness (= The fact that she is blind) doesn't stop her from having a full and active life.(figurative) …
Cambridge English vocab
RIVER — Aare River Aar River Achelous River Adda River Adige River Adour River Aguán River Agusan River Alabama River Aliákmon River …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIVER — n. Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLINDNESS — n. Inability to see with one or both eyes. Transient blindness (blackout) can result from vertical acceleration causing high gravitational …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLINDNESS — Synonyms and related words : albinism, astigmatism, astigmia, bad eyesight, blurred vision, deafness, defect of vision, dim-sightedness, dogmatism, double sight, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLINDNESS — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
RIVER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , great , large , long , mighty , wide ▪ the mighty River Nile ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — noun Blindness is used after these nouns: ↑ snow
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIVER — n. 25B6; noun WATERCOURSE, waterway, tributary, stream, rivulet, brook, inlet, rill, runnel, freshet; Scottish & N. English burn; N. English …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLINDNESS — n. color; congenital; night; snow ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
RIVER — In the sense in which we employ the word viz. for a perennial stream of considerable size, a river is …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
BLINDNESS — is extremely common in the East from many causes. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in the New Testament (Matthew 12:22) and …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
RIVER
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLINDNESS — сущ. 1) слепота color blindness ≈ ослепление яркими цветами congenital blindness ≈ врожденная слепота night blindness ≈ полный мрак, ночной …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIVER
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLINDNESS — blindness.ogg ʹblaındnıs n 1. слепота 2. ослепление; безрассудство
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIVER — 1) река 2) метал. "речной узор" ( на поверхности разрушения ) • river at grade — река с установившимся продольным …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BLINDNESS — слепота - array blindness
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
RIVER — 1) река 2) метал. "речной узор" (на поверхности разрушения) • river at grade — река с установившимся продольным профилем - accordant river - adolescent river - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BLINDNESS — слепота - array blindness
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
RIVER — 1) поток 2) река 3) речка 4) речной • river control structure — геол. сооружение выправительное - meandering river - mountain river - peneplain river - plains river - river …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BLINDNESS — сущ.1) слепота color blindness — цветовая слепота, дальтонизм congenital blindness — врожденная слепота night blindness — полный мрак, ночной мрак …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RIVER
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIVER — сущ. ; сокр. - R река; поток, течение down river — вниз по реке up river — вверх по реке …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BLINDNESS — сущ. 1) слепота color blindness — цветовая слепота, дальтонизм congenital blindness — врожденная слепота night blindness — полный мрак, ночной …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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