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schistosomiasis

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Main Entry: schis·to·so·mi·a·sis
Pronunciation: \ˌshis-tə-sō-ˈmī-ə-səs\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): 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


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