bilharzia

[ bil-hahr-zee-uh ]

/ bɪlˈhɑr zi ə /

Origin of bilharzia

First recorded in 1880–85

What do the Wa-kamba know of sanitation, hæmaturia, and the larva of Bilharzia!

Religion and Lust |James Weir
In the same year the Schistosomum hematobium was shown to be the cause of the Bilharzia disease by Bilharz.

The Fundamentals of Bacteriology |Charles Bradfield Morrey
Bilharzia, especially in Egypt and South Africa, causes haematuria.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7 |Various
The larv of Bilharzia closely resemble those of Fasciola hepatica, which latter may be appropriately noticed in this place.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold

Bilharzia, bil′hr-zi-a, n. a human parasitic flat worm in the fluke or Trematode order, with differentiated sexes.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various

bilharzia

/ (bɪlˈhɑːtsɪə) /

another name for a schistosome

another name for schistosomiasis

C19: New Latin, named after Theodor Bilharz (1825–62), German parasitologist who discovered schistosomes

Bilharzia

[ bĭl-här′zē-ə ]

Schistosoma