snail fever

noun

schistosomiasis.

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Origin of snail fever

First recorded in 1945–50; so called because the parasites that cause the disease are carried by snails

Words nearby snail fever

snaggy, snail, snail bore, snail cam, snail darter, snail fever, snail kite, snail mail, snail's pace, snail-paced, snailfish
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