schistosomiasis Definition

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schistosomiasis

noun(schis-to-so-mi-a-sis)

infestation with or disease caused by schistosomes; specifically : a severe endemic disease of humans in Africa and parts of Asia and South America that is contracted when cercariae released into fresh waters (such as rivers) by a snail intermediate host penetrate the skin and that is marked especially by blood loss and tissue damage —called also snail fever

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schistosomiasis Definition

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