bilharziasis

[ bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis ]

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noun

, Pathology.

schistosomiasis.

bilharziasis

/ ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs; bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs /

noun

See schistosomiasis
another name for schistosomiasis

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bilharziasis¹

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

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