Bilharziasis

Definition: Bilharziasis

Bilharziasis

Noun

1. 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.

Specialty Definitions: Bilharziasis

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	A disease caused to man and animals by parasitic worms(Cercariae)produced from free swimming larvae(Miracida)which depend on certain species of aquatic snails for their life cycle; the requirements for the bilharziasis cycle of the parasite and the transmission of the disease are:infected people and animals; introduction of parasite eggs into water bodies, presence of particular species of snails, contact of people and animals with the water ; a group of diseases caused by trematode parasitic flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Bilharziasis

Domain	Title
Books	A synopsis of African bilharziasis (reference) Snail Control in the Prevention of Bilharziasis (Monograph, No 50) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Bilharziasis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Travel	Ghana	They may be infested with organisms that cause schistosomiasis (also called Bilharziasis), a parasitic disease transmitted through the skin. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bilharziasis

Modern Translations: Bilharziasis

Language		Translations for "bilharziasis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		bilharziose (Egyptian hematuria, schistosomiasis), sneglefeber (schistosomiasis), schistosomiasis (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Dutch		bilharziose (schistosomiasis), bilharzia (schistosomiasis), schistosomiasis (schistosomiasis), schistosomiase (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Finnish		bilhartsioosi (schistosomiasis). (various references)

French		bilharziose (bilharzia), schistosomiase. (various references)

German		Bilharziose (bilharzia, schistosomiasis), Bilharzia-Krankheit (schistosomiasis), Schistosomiasis (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Greek		σχιζοστομίασις (schistosomiasis), βιλαρζίωσις (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Italian		bilharziosi (schistosomiasis), schistosomiasi (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Pig Latin		ilharziasisbay

Portuguese		bilharziose (schistosomiasis), esquistossomose (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Spanish		bilharziosis (schistosomiasis), esquistosomiasis (schistosomiasis). (various references)

Swedish		billharva (schistosomiasis). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Bilharziasis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-i-i-i-l-r-s-s-z"
	-2 letters: bilharzias.
	-3 letters: bilharzia.
	-4 letters: albizias.
	-5 letters: albizia, ashlars, basilar, bharals, brasils, brazils, zaribas.
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