Synonym for schistosomiasis ... Disease (bilharzia) caused by digenetic trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, the adults of which live in the urinary or mesenteric blood vessels. Eggs shed by the female worms pass to the outside in the urine or faeces, but many also lodge in and obstruct the blood flow in the liver. Eosinophils seem to be parti...
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(= schistosomula (plural)) See schistosomiasis.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: skis′tō-sō′myū-lŭm, -lă Definitions: 1. The stage in the life cycle of a blood fluke of the genus Schistosoma immediately after penetration of the skin as a cercaria; marked by loss of the tail and gaining of physiologic modifications allowing it to survive in a mammalian bloodstream. &...
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