Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various generally tropical diseases caused by infestation with schistosomes, widespread in rural areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America through use of contaminated water, and characterized by infection and gradual destruction of the tissues of the kidneys, liver, and other organs. Also called bilharziasis, snail fever.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma
WordNet 3.0
- 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
Examples
“Over 200 million people right now have a water-related disease called schistosomiasis ...”
“Bilharzia, also known as schistosomiasis, is transmitted by the larvae of water snails, penetrating the skin and colonizing the blood vessels of the intestine.”
“The exception in this list is schistosomiasis, which is not actively transported by a vector from one human being to the other.”
“For other diseases, such as schistosomiasis, only prolonged exposure leads to clinical illness.”
“For more chronic infections, such as schistosomiasis, the use of effective sampling techniques provides a more accurate picture.”
“The above doses will also treat one kind of schistosomiasis found in East and Central Africa and South America that causes blood in the stool (S. mansoni).”
“The incidence of diseases such as schistosomiasis should be much reduced by the provision of sanitation.”
“I think one was 'schistosomiasis' (not sure of the spelling)”
“The new commitments aim to eradicate or reduce leprosy, lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis), blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness, Guinea worm, schistosomiasis (also called bilharzia), river blindness, soil-transmitted helminthes, Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis.”
The Wall Street Journal: Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases
“** Schisto = schistosomiasis: fun disease borne in stagnant water, where a parasite breeds in snails, is just itching to jump into your waiting open wounds, and then involves some type of exploding of the brain.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘schistosomiasis’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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Pernicious parasites
fluke, helminth, tapeworm, river blindness, onchocerciasis, chagas disease, american trypanos..., bilharzia, schistosomiasis, dracunculiasis, guinea worm disease, lymphatic filariasis and 55 more...
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bluecoffeemug's list
a random sampling of words i find notable
troglodyte, mensch, wiggins, croquembouche, schistosomiasis, phlebotinum, mixy
Tweets
Looking for tweets for schistosomiasis.
fbharjo she(a)er, snailpace, oysdestainian, waverly canon rule? Jan 29, 2013
knitandpurl "Lord Woadmire is not related to the original line of Qwghlm, the Moore family (Anglicized from the Qwghlmian clan name Mnyhrrgh) which had been terminated in 1888 by a spectacularly improbable combination of schistosomiasis, suicide, long-festering Crimean war wounds, ball lightning, flawed cannon, falls from horses, improperly canned oysters, and rogue waves."
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, p 255 of the Avon Books paperback edition Jan 29, 2013