bilharziasis

American

[bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis] / ˌbɪl hɑrˈzaɪ ə sɪs /

Also bilharziosis

noun

Pathology.

schistosomiasis.

bilharziasis British

/ ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs, bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

another name for schistosomiasis

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Etymology

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

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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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