a disease caused by infestation of the body with blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma
Also called: bilharziasis
schistosomiasis in American English
(ˌʃɪstəsoʊˈmaɪəsɪs)
noun
a chronic, usually tropical, disease, caused by schistosomes and characterized in humans bydisorders of the liver, urinary bladder, lungs, or central nervous system