bilharziasis
[bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis]
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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
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bilharziasis
bilharziosis (bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs)
- another name for schistosomiasis
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bilharziasis
(bĭl′här-zī′ə-sĭs)- schistosomiasis
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