bilharzia
noun/bɪlˈhɑːtsiə/
/bɪlˈhɑːrtsiə/
[uncountable]- a serious disease, common in parts of Africa and South America, caused by small worms that get into the bloodWord Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, former name of the genus Schistosoma, named after T. Bilharz (1825–62), the German physician who discovered the parasite.
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