(n) 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, Syn. bilharzia, bilharziasis
[にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうしょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuushou] (n) (See 日本住血吸虫) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)
[にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう, nihonjuuketsukyuuchuubyou] (n) (obsc) (See 日本住血吸虫症) schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)