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bilharzia

bil·har·zia

UK/bɪlˈhɑː.zi.ə/ US/bɪlˈhɑːr.zi.ə/ uncommon

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an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected

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After the German physician Theodor Bilharz. Originally a genus name denoting the genus now called Schistosoma.

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