SCHISTOSOMIASIS


Meaning of SCHISTOSOMIASIS in English

[schis.to.so.mi.a.sis] n, pl -a.ses [NL, fr. Schistosoma] (1906): infestation with or disease caused by schistosomes; specif: a severe endemic disease of humans in much of Asia, Africa, and So. America marked esp. by blood loss and tissue damage

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