BILHARZIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bilharzia mean? 

• BILHARZIA (noun)
  The noun BILHARZIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BILHARZIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILHARZIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bilharzia; bilharziasis; schistosomiasis

Hypernyms ("bilharzia" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)