SCHISTOSOMIASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schistosomiasis mean? 

• SCHISTOSOMIASIS (noun)
  The noun SCHISTOSOMIASIS 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: SCHISTOSOMIASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHISTOSOMIASIS (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 ("schistosomiasis" 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)

 Context examples 

This snail species is nature's best host and can be found everywhere in Brazil where schistosomiasis is reported, due to its distribution and susceptibility to the parasite.

(Scientists sequence genome of snail linked to schistosomiasis, Agência Brasil)

An unusual presentation of schistosomiasis characterized by a pruritic papular rash in the perigenital or periumbilical area due to an allergic reaction to schistosoma eggs deposited in the skin.

(Cutaneous Schistosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

The exception is the Middle East along the Nile Valley, where it represents the most common form of carcinoma because of the endemic nature of schistosomiasis.

(Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Schistosomiasis caused by SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM.

(Bladder Schistosomiasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A group of 118 researchers from 11 countries—15 of whom from Brazil—working at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Minas Gerais (Fiocruz Minas), finished sequencing the genome of the Biomphalaria glabrata, the snail that acts as the intermediary host to the worm that causes schistosomiasis.

(Scientists sequence genome of snail linked to schistosomiasis, Agência Brasil)