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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chiefly tropical diseases caused by infestation with schistosomes and usually acquired through contact with contaminated water, characterized by gradual destruction of the tissues of the kidneys, liver, and other organs.
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- noun medicine Any of various
diseases ofhumans caused byparasitic blood flukes of the genusSchistosoma
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- noun 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
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Over 200 million people right now have a water-related disease called schistosomiasis ...
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The exception in this list is schistosomiasis, which is not actively transported by a vector from one human being to the other.
Chapter 5 1996
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Bilharzia, also known as schistosomiasis, is transmitted by the larvae of water snails, penetrating the skin and colonizing the blood vessels of the intestine.
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For other diseases, such as schistosomiasis, only prolonged exposure leads to clinical illness.
Chapter 8 1996
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For more chronic infections, such as schistosomiasis, the use of effective sampling techniques provides a more accurate picture.
Chapter 5 1996
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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).
Chapter 31 1993
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The incidence of diseases such as schistosomiasis should be much reduced by the provision of sanitation.
Chapter 3 1992
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The incidence of diseases such as schistosomiasis should be much reduced by the provision of sanitation.
Chapter 4 1992
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I think one was 'schistosomiasis' (not sure of the spelling)
Slashdot 2009
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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.
Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases Jeanne Whalen 2012
knitandpurl commented on the word schistosomiasis
"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
January 30, 2013
fbharjo commented on the word schistosomiasis
she(a)er, snailpace, oysdestainian, waverly canon rule?
January 30, 2013