bilharziasis
[ bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis ]
Origin of bilharziasis
11885–90; <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
- Also bil·har·zi·o·sis [bil-hahr-zee-oh-sis]. /bɪlˌhɑr ziˈoʊ sɪs/.
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British Dictionary definitions for bilharziasis
bilharziasis
bilharziosis (bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs)
/ (ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs) /
noun
another name for schistosomiasis
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