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noun
The parasitic disease schistosomiasis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: schistosomiasis, bilharziasis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infection, infestation
History
After the German physician Theodor Bilharz. Originally a genus name denoting the genus now called Schistosoma.
