Meanings
plural bilharzias
- countableuncountablemedicineThe parasitic disease schistosomiasis.
After one trip to Uganda, I tested positive for bilharzia, a type of parasitic worm infection carried by freshwater snails.
2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected
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Origin
After the German physician Theodor Bilharz. Originally a genus name denoting the genus now called Schistosoma.
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