bil|har|zi|a

bil|har|zi|a
bil|har|zi|a «bihl HAHR zee uh», noun (plural).
a group of flatworms parasitic in the veins or the pelvic region and urinary organs of human beings, especially in Egypt and other parts of Africa.
[< New Latin Bilharzia < Theodor M. Bilharz, 1825-1862, a German parasitologist]

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