bilharzia
noun /bɪlˈhɑːtsiə/
/bɪlˈhɑːrtsiə/
[uncountable]- a serious disease, common in parts of Africa and South America, caused by small worms that get into the bloodWord Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, former name of the genus Schistosoma, named after T. Bilharz (1825–62), the German physician who discovered the parasite.