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bil⋅har⋅zi⋅a

  [bil-hahr-zee-uh]
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–noun
schistosome.
Origin:
1880–85

schis⋅to⋅some

  [shis-tuh-sohm]
–noun
1. Also called bilharzia. any elongated trematode of the genus Schistosoma, parasitic in the blood vessels of humans and other mammals; a blood fluke.
–adjective
2. Also, schis⋅to⋅so⋅mal. pertaining to or caused by schistosomes.
Origin:
1900–05; < NL Schistosoma, equiv. to schist(us) (see schist ) + -o- -o- + -soma (neut. pl.) -some 3
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bil·har·zi·a   (bĭl-här'zē-ə)   
n.  See schistosome.

[New Latin Bilharzia, genus name, after Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862), German physician.]
schis·to·some   (shĭs'tə-sōm')   
n.  Any of several chiefly tropical trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of humans and other mammals. Also called bilharzia, blood fluke.

[New Latin Schistosōma, genus name : Greek skhistos, split; see schist + Greek sōma, body; see -some3.]
schis'to·som'al (-sō'məl) adj.
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Main Entry: bil·har·zia
Pronunciation: bil-'här-zE-&, -'härt-sE-
Function: noun
1 : SCHISTOSOME
2 : SCHISTOSOMIASIS —bil·har·zi·al /-zE-&l, -sE-/ adjective
Biláharz /'bil-"härts,/ TheodorMaximillian (1825–1862), German anatomist and helminthologist. Bilharz became a professor of anatomy in Cairo. While there in 1851 he described the disease schistosomiasis in a letter.In 1852 he discovered that the causative parasite was a hitherto unknown trematode, and he published a description the following year. Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach created the genus Bilharzia in1856 to contain the trematode discovered by Bilharz. The genus was subsequently suppressed by international agreement, and all three trematodes causing schistosomiasis are now placed in the genusSchistosoma. However, the term bilharzia (written without an initial capital letter and without italics) denoting the disease or its causative agent and the term bilharziasis denoting thedisease are derived from the genus and continue to honor Bilharz's contributions to tropical parasitology.

Main Entry: Bilharzia
Function: noun
synonym of SCHISTOSOMA

Main Entry: schis·to·some
Pronunciation: 'shis-t&-"sOm, 'skis-
Function: noun
: any trematode worm of the genus Schistosoma or ofthe family Schistosomatidae called also blood fluke —schis·to·so·mal /"shis-t&-'sO-m&l, "skis-/ adjective
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Bilharzia Bil·har·zi·a (bĭl-här'zē-ə)
n.
See Schistosoma.

schistosome schis·to·some (shĭs'tə-sōm', skĭs'-)
n.
Any of several chiefly tropical trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of humans and other mammals.

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schistosome   (shĭs'tə-sōm')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of several chiefly tropical trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, many of which are parasitic in the blood of birds and mammals, including three species that cause infection in humans, as in schistosomiasis.
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bilharzia

group of chronic disorders caused by small, parasitic flatworms (family Schistosomatidae) commonly called blood flukes. Schistosomiasis is characterized by inflammation of the intestines, bladder, liver, and other organs. Next to malaria, it is probably humanity's most serious parasitic infection, affecting at least 200 million people yearly in Africa, Asia, South America, and the Caribbean. There schistosomiasis is most prevalent in rural communities in which standards of hygiene are low. The disease is ordinarily contracted by working, bathing, or swimming in water populated by snails that carry the worms. The parasites were first identified as a cause of the disease in the 1850s by Theodor Bilharz, a German pathologist working in Egypt.

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