bilharziasis

[ bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis ]

/ ˌbɪl hɑrˈzaɪ ə sɪs /

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noun Pathology.

schistosomiasis.

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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, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, bili-, biliary, biliary atresia, biliary calculus

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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 ]

schistosomiasis