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Definition of Bilharzia
1. Noun. 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.
Definition of Bilharzia
1. Noun. (medicine) The parasitic disease schistosomiasis ¹
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Definition of Bilharzia
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Medical Definition of Bilharzia
1. Disease caused by worms that parasitise people. Also called schistosomiasis. Three main species of these trematode worms (flukes)--Schistosoma haematobium, S. Japonicum, and S. Mansoni cause disease in humans. Larval forms of the parasite live in freshwater snails. The cercaria (form of the parasite) is liberated from the snail burrow into skin, transforms to the schistosomulum stage, and migrates to the urinary tract (S. Haematobium), liver or intestine (S. Japonicum, S.mansoni) where the adult worms develop. Eggs are shed into the urinary tract or the intestine and hatch to form miracidia (yet another form of the parasite) which then infect snails, completing the life cycle of the parasite. Adult schistosome worms can seriously damage tissue. The name bilharzia comes from that of the shortlived German physician Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862). (12 Dec 1998)
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