bilharziasis
[ bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis ]
/ ˌbɪl hɑrˈzaɪ ə sɪs /
noun Pathology.
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Also bil·har·zi·o·sis [bil-hahr-zee-oh-sis]. /bɪlˌhɑr ziˈoʊ sɪs/.
Origin of bilharziasis
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
Words nearby bilharziasis
bilge water, bilgy, Bilhah, bilharzia, bilharzial dysentery, bilharziasis, bili-, biliary, biliary atresia, biliary calculus, biliary canaliculus
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British Dictionary definitions for bilharziasis
bilharziasis
bilharziosis (bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs)
/ (ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs) /
noun
another name for schistosomiasis
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Medical definitions for bilharziasis
bilharziasis
[ bĭl′här-zī′ə-sĭs ]
n.
schistosomiasis
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