bilharzias Definition

bilharzia
noun bilharzias (plural in sense 2 only)

1. pathol.
Another name for the parasitic disease schistosomiasis.
2. zool.
Another name for a schistosome, a parasitic worm or fluke.

Etymology: 19c: Latin, named after Theodor Bilharz (1825‐62), the German parasitologist who discovered the schistosomes.