Schistosis
noun, Pathology.
1.
fibrosis of the lungs caused by inhaling dust from slate.
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- Schistosity
adjective 1. of, resembling, or in the form of schist.
- Schistosoma
Schistosoma Schis·to·so·ma (shĭs’tə-sō’mə, skĭs’-) n. A genus of digenetic trematodes the include the blood flukes of humans and domestic animals that cause schistosomiasis. Also called Bilharzia.
- Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosoma japonicum Schistosoma ja·pon·i·cum (jā-pŏn’ĭ-kəm) n. A trematode that causes schistosomiasis japonicum and is found throughout eastern Asia.
- Schistosoma mansoni
Schistosoma mansoni Schistosoma man·so·ni (mān-sō’nī) n. A trematode that is common in Africa, parts of the Middle East, the West Indies, South America, and certain Caribbean islands and causes schistosomiasis mansoni.
- Schistosoma mekongi
Schistosoma mekongi Schistosoma me·kong·i (mā-kông’ī, -kông’gī) n. A trematode found in the Mekong delta near Khong Island in southern Laos and northern Cambodia that causes schistosomiasis mekongi.