bilharzia

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bilharzia

/bɪlˈhɑː.zi.ə/ UK
/bɪlˈhɑːr.zi.ə/ US

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After the German physician Theodor Bilharz. Originally a genus name denoting the genus now called Schistosoma.

noun bilharzias

countable, uncountable The parasitic disease schistosomiasis. After one trip to Uganda, I tested positive for bilharzia, a type of parasitic worm infection carried by freshwater snails.

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"bilharzia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bilharzia.

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@misc{bilharzia_2026,
  title = {bilharzia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bilharzia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}