schistosomiasis

English

child showing symptoms of schistosomiasis

Etymology

From schistosome +‎ -iasis. From scientific name Schistosoma + Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, nouns of action).

Pronunciation

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Noun

schistosomiasis (countable and uncountable, plural schistosomiases)

1. (pathology) Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma.

   Synonyms: bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis, snail fever, Katayama fever

   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 18:

     Investigation of Egyptian mummies has revealed calcified eggs in liver and kidney tissues, proving the presence of schistosomiasis in ancient Egypt.

Derived terms

• antischistosomiasis
• neuroschistosomiasis
• schistosomiasis haematobium
• schistosomiasis japonicum
• schistosomiasis mansoni
• schistosomiasis mekongi

Related terms

• schistosome
• schistosomiatic
• schistosomicidal
• schistosomicidally
• schistosomicide

Translations

various diseases

• Afrikaans: schistosomiase
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血吸蟲病 / 血吸虫病 (zh) (xuèxīchóngbìng)

• Czech: schistosomóza
• Danish: schistosomiasis
• Dutch: schistosomiasis f, bilharzia (nl) f
• Finnish: skistosomiaasi, bilhartsia, halkiomatotauti
• French: schistosomiase (fr)
• Galician: esquistosomiase f
• German: Schistosomiasis
• Hungarian: schistosomiasis (hu)
• Italian: schistosomiasi f, bilharziosi f
• Lithuanian: šistosomozė
• Polish: schistosomatoza (pl) f, bilharcjoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquistossomose (pt)
• Russian: шистосомо́з (ru) m (šistosomóz), бильгарцио́з (ru) m (bilʹgarcióz)
• Spanish: esquistosomiasis f
• Swahili: kichocho (sw)

Further reading

• schistosomiasis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:schistosomiasis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons