Definition of bilharzia Bilharzia

bil•har•zi•a

We found 5 definitions of bilharzia from 5 different sources.

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What does bilharzia mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

bilharzia - 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
  schistosomiasis, bilharziasis
  infestation a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers"
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  • bilharzia
    A disease in which humans are parasitized by any of three species of blood flukes: Schistosoma mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. japonicum; adult worms inhabit the blood vessels.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bilharzia
    bil′här-zi-a, n. a human parasitic flat worm in the fluke or Trematode order, with differentiated sexes. [From the helminthologist, Theodor Bilharz.]

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