bilharzia
See also: Bilharzia
English
Etymology
After the German physician Theodor Bilharz.
Noun
bilharzia (countable and uncountable, plural bilharzias)
- (pathology) The parasitic disease schistosomiasis.
- 2020, Louise Curtis with Sarah Johnson, A Nurseʼs Story: My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis, Pan Books, page 14:
- After one trip to Uganda, I tested positive for bilharzia, a type of parasitic worm infection carried by freshwater snails.
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See also
- bilharziasis
Further reading
- bilharzia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia