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Edition - n. See schistosome. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of the order Trematoidea, or fluke-worms,
endoparasitic in the blood-vessels of man, especially in the
urinary organs, the ova escaping through an ulceration which the
presence of the parent causes. The animal is diœcious, the male
being the larger and retaining the female in a gynæcophore or
canal formed by an involution of the edges of the concave side
of the body. - n. medicine The parasitic disease schistosomiasis
- n. an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a
parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far
East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected - New
Latin Bilharzia, genus name, after Theodor Bilharz (1825-1862),
German physician. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language, Fourth Edition) “The new commitments aim to eradicate
or reduce leprosy, lymphatic filariasis (also known as
elephantiasis), blinding tra