schistosomiasis

schistosomiasis

English

child showing symptoms of schistosomiasis

Etymology

schistosome +‎ -iasis.From scientific name Schistosoma + Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, nouns of action).

Noun

schistosomiasis (countable and uncountable, plural schistosomiases)

1. (pathology) Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.

   Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis, snail fever

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 18:

     Investigation of Egyptian mummies has revealed calcified eggs in liver and kidney tissues, proving the presence of schistosomiasis in ancient Egypt.

Derived terms

• antischistosomiasis
• neuroschistosomiasis
• schistosomiasis haematobium
• schistosomiasis japonicum
• schistosomiasis mansoni
• schistosomiasis mekongi

 

Related terms

• schistosome
• schistosomiatic
• schistosomicidal
• schistosomicidally
• schistosomicide

 

Translations

various diseases

Afrikaans: schistosomiase Chinese: Mandarin: 血吸蟲病／血吸虫病 (zh) (xuèxīchóngbìng) Czech: schistosomóza Danish: schistosomiasis Dutch: schistosomiasis f, bilharzia f Finnish: skistosomiaasi, bilhartsia, halkiomatotauti French: schistosomiase (fr) Galician: esquistosomiase f German: Schistosomiasis Hungarian: schistosomiasis Italian: schistosomiasi f, bilharziosi f Lithuanian: šistosomozė Polish: schistosomatoza (pl) f, bilharcjoza (pl) f Portuguese: esquistossomose (pt) Russian: шистосомо́з (ru) m (šistosomóz), бильгарцио́з (ru) m (bilʹgarcióz) Spanish: esquistosomiasis f Swahili: kichocho (sw)

Further reading

• schistosomiasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• schistosomiasis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons