bilharziasis

Also bil·har·zi·o·sis

[bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. schistosomiasis.

bilharziasis

/ ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs, bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

1. another name for schistosomiasis

Word History and Origins

Origin of bilharziasis¹

1885–90; < New Latin Bilharz ( ia ) the genus of trematode worms causing the disease (after German physician Theodor Bilharz (1825–62), who discovered the genus in 1852) + -iasis

Example Sentences

Froome's blossoming had long been hampered by outbreaks of bilharziasis, a parasitic disease which affected him again earlier in the season.

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