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Definition: Bilharzia |
BilharziaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BilharziaSynonyms: bilharziasis (n), schistosomiasis (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bilharzia |
| English words defined with "bilharzia": Haematozoon. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bilharzia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (bilharzia). |
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 | Puerto Ricans weighing copper sulfate for control of bilharzia (schistosomiasis).Credit: CDC. |  | Schistosomiasis warning signs (Do not bathe yourself here. There is Bilharzia). Puerto Rico, 1954.Credit: CDC. |
 | Puerto Rican boy with swollen abdomen due to bilharzia (schistosomiasis).Credit: CDC. |  | Boys wading in stream in Puerto Rico despite sign on bank: "Danger - There is Bilharzia." Schistosomiasis.Credit: CDC. |
 | Puerto Rican boys in water which could contain the agent of bilharzia (schistosomiasis).Credit: CDC. |  | Puerto Rican sanitation workers applying acrolein to stream to control bilharzia (schistosomiasis).Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia (bill-HAR-zi-a), is a disease caused by parasitic worms. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Bilharzia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bilharzia" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "bilharzia": Bilharzia haematobia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bilharzia | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bilharzia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البقيري, بلهارسيا مرض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | bilharziose (bilharziasis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | bilharziose (bilharziasis, schistosomiasis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bilharzia, egyiptomi métely. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilharziabay bilharciasis. (various references) โรคพยาธิ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bilharzia": bilharzial, bilharzias, bilharziases, bilharziasis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-i-i-l-r-z" | |
-2 letters: albizia. | |
-3 letters: bharal, brazil, zariba. | |
-4 letters: aalii, alibi, baiza, bazar, biali, brail, braza, hilar, laari, labia, labra, lahar, lazar, libra, libri. | |
-5 letters: abri, alar, alba, aria, aril, baal, bail, birl, blah, haar, hail, hair, harl, hila, hili, ilia, izar, lair, lari, liar, lira, liri, raia, rail, rial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-h-i-i-l-r-z" | |
+1 letter: bilharzial, bilharzias. | |
+3 letters: bilharziases, bilharziasis. | |
+4 letters: graphitizable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 68 61 72 7A 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-.. .... .- .-. --.. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01101000 01100001 01110010 01111010 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l h a r z i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 0068 0061 0072 007A 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367578746784927567 |
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