bilharzia

bil·har·zi·a

B0247400 (bĭl-här′zē-ə)n.1. See schistosome.2. See schistosomiasis.

[New Latin Bilharzia, former genus name, after Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862), German physician.]

bilharzia

(bɪlˈhɑːtsɪə) n1. (Animals) another name for a schistosome2. (Pathology) another name for schistosomiasis[C19: New Latin, named after Theodor Bilharz (1825–62), German parasitologist who discovered schistosomes]

schis•to•some

(ˈʃɪs təˌsoʊm)

n. 1. Also called bilharzia. any trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood of birds and mammals, including humans; a blood fluke. adj. 2. Also, schis`to•so′mal. pertaining to or caused by schistosomes. [1900–05; < New Latin Schistosoma <schist(us) (see schist) + -soma -some³]

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Noun

bilharzia - 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 infectedbilharziasis, schistosomiasisinfection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganismsinfestation - the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites

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Bilharzia

(bil-har'zē-ă), An early name for Schistosoma. [T. Bilharz]

bilharzia

(bĭl-här′zē-ə)n.1. See schistosome.2. See schistosomiasis.

bilharzia

A parasitic tropical disease caused by one of the blood flukes of the Schistosoma genus. A synonym for SCHISTOSOMIASIS. (Theodor Maximilian Bilharz, 1825–1862, German physician and anatomist).

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schistosomiasis

a human disease common in Egypt and other warm parts of the developing world, in which affected individuals suffer from body pains followed by severe dysentery and anaemia, leaving them weak and highly susceptible to other diseases. The disease is caused by the MIRACIDIUM larva of the blood fluke Schistosoma, which lives as an adult in the abdominal veins and has a water snail as a secondary host, transmission being effected via urine.

Bilharz,

T.M., German parasitologist, 1825-1862. Bilharzia - schistosomiasis; tumorlike swelling of the skin due to infection by Schistosoma organism. Synonym(s): Schistosoma

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Synonyms for bilharzia

noun an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma

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