Meanings
plural schistosomiases
- countableuncountablemedicineAny of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.
Investigation of Egyptian mummies has revealed calcified eggs in liver and kidney tissues, proving the presence of schistosomiasis in ancient Egypt.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 18Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis, snail fever, Katayama fever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.
More synonyms by meaning
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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greek-σις
- Englishschistosomiasis
From schistosome + -iasis. From scientific name Schistosoma + Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, nouns of action).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans schistosomiase
- schistosomiasevarious diseases
Chinese Mandarin 血吸蟲病 /血吸虫病
- 血吸蟲病 /血吸虫病 (xuèxīchóngbìng)various diseases
Czech schistosomóza
- schistosomózavarious diseases
Danish schistosomiasis
- schistosomiasisvarious diseases
Dutch schistosomiasis, bilharzia
- schistosomiasisvarious diseases
- bilharziavarious diseases
Finnish skistosomiaasi, bilhartsia
- skistosomiaasivarious diseases
- bilhartsiavarious diseases
- halkiomatotautivarious diseases
French schistosomiase
- schistosomiasevarious diseases
German Schistosomiasis
- Schistosomiasisvarious diseases
Hungarian schistosomiasis
- schistosomiasisvarious diseases
Italian schistosomiasi, bilharziosi
- schistosomiasivarious diseases
- bilharziosivarious diseases
Lithuanian šistosomozė
- šistosomozėvarious diseases
Polish schistosomatoza, bilharcjoza
- schistosomatozavarious diseases
- bilharcjozavarious diseases
Portuguese esquistossomose
- esquistossomosevarious diseases
Russian шистосомо́з, бильгарцио́з
- шистосомо́з (šistosomóz)various diseases
- бильгарцио́з (bilʹgarcióz)various diseases
Spanish esquistosomiasis
- esquistosomiasisvarious diseases
Swahili kichocho
- kichochovarious diseases
Cite this entry
schistosomiasis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistosomiasis
“schistosomiasis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistosomiasis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schistosomiasis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistosomiasis.
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