bilharzia

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English

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Etymology

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After the German physician Theodor Bilharz.

Noun

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bilharzia (countable and uncountable, plural bilharzias)

  1. (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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