SWIMMER'S ITCH


Meaning of SWIMMER'S ITCH in English

Pathol.

an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.

[ 1925-30; so called because the schistosomes enter the skin from untreated water ]

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