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bilharzia
[ bil-hahr-zee-uh ]
bilharzia
/ bɪlˈhɑːtsɪə /
noun
- See schistosomeanother name for a schistosome
- See schistosomiasisanother name for schistosomiasis
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Backpacker“Chris Froome Battled Parasitic Worms in 2021” The four-time Tour de France champion was recently diagnosed and treated for bilharzia.
Bilharzia, especially in Egypt and South Africa, causes haematuria.
In the same year the Schistosomum hematobium was shown to be the cause of the Bilharzia disease by Bilharz.
Bilharzia, bil′hr-zi-a, n. a human parasitic flat worm in the fluke or Trematode order, with differentiated sexes.
What do the Wa-kamba know of sanitation, hæmaturia, and the larva of Bilharzia!
The larv of Bilharzia closely resemble those of Fasciola hepatica, which latter may be appropriately noticed in this place.
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