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bilharziosises

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bil⋅har⋅zi⋅a⋅sis

  [bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis]
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–noun Pathology.
schistosomiasis.
Also, bil⋅har⋅zi⋅o⋅sis  [bil-hahr-zee-oh-sis] .

Origin:
1885–90; < NL Bilharz(ia) the genus of trematode worms causing the disease (after German physician Theodor Bilharz (1825–62), who discovered the genus in 1852) + -iasis
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Main Entry: bil·har·zi·a·sis
Pronunciation: "bil-"här-'zI-&-s&s, -"härt-'sI-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural bil·har·zi·a·ses /-"sEz/
: SCHISTOSOMIASIS
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bilharziasis bil·har·zi·a·sis (bĭl'här-zī'ə-sĭs)
n.
See schistosomiasis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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