Definition of schistosomiasis
: 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 fresh water (such as a river) 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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The first known use of schistosomiasis was in 1906
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