bilharzia

See also: Bilharzia

English

Etymology

After the German physician Theodor Bilharz.

Noun

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.

See also

• bilharziasis

Further reading

• bilharzia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia