Bilharziasis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of schistosomiasis. uncountable, usually

    "Perfusion pressure/flow studies will resolve any doubt regarding obstruction, and fluoroscopic evaluation of the dynamic status of the draining ureter will be valuable in such conditions as primary megaureter, and ureteropathies associated with bilharziasis and tuberculosis."

  2. 2
    an 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 wordnet

Synonyms

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schistosomiasisbilharziakatayama feverschistosomiasissnail fever

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"Plague, bilharziasis and cholera are very common in Algeria."

Etymology

From Bilharz + -iasis; see bilharzia.

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