transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌshis-tə-sō-ˈmī-ə-səs ]
noun
( plural schis·to·so·mi·a·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Schistosoma
Date: 1906
: infestation with or disease caused by schistosomes ; specifically : a severe endemic disease of humans in Africa and parts of Asia and South America that is contracted when cercariae released into freshwaters (as rivers) by a snail intermediate host penetrate the skin and that is marked especially by blood loss and tissue damage — called also snail fever