bilharzia
/bɪlˈhɑːtsə/noun
mass noun
1- a chronic disease, endemic in parts of Africa and South America, caused by infestation with blood flukes (schistosomes)血吸虫病（非洲及南美洲部分地区的流行病）。亦称BILHARZIASIS或SCHISTOSOMIASIS.
1.1
- a blood fluke (schistosome)裂体吸虫, 血吸虫。
词源
mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, former name of the genus Schistosoma, named after T. Bilharz （1825-62）, the German physician who discovered the parasite.