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bilharziasis
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[bil-hahr-zahy-uh-sis]
bilharziasis
/ ˌbɪlhɑːˈtsaɪəsɪs, bɪlˌhɑːtsɪˈəʊsɪs /
noun
another name for schistosomiasis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bilharziasis1
1885–90; < New Latin Bilharz ( ia ) the genus of trematode worms causing the disease (after German physician Theodor Bilharz (1825–62), who discovered the genus in 1852) + -iasis
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Froome's blossoming had long been hampered by outbreaks of bilharziasis, a parasitic disease which affected him again earlier in the season.
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