Associations to the word «Schistosomiasis»

Wiktionary

SCHISTOSOMIASIS, noun. (medicine) Any of various diseases of humans caused by parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma

Dictionary definition

SCHISTOSOMIASIS, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats