Swahili
bilharzia
bil-hahr-ZEE-ah
How to say it
Swahilibilharziabil-hahr-ZEE-ahsoon
Englishbilharziasoon
Frenchbilharziosesoon
Meaning
a parasitic disease caused by blood flukes contracted from contaminated freshwater, known in Swahili as kichocho.
Good to know
a medical/scientific term; kichocho is the everyday Swahili word for the same disease.
Examples
- Alipata bilharzia baada ya kuogelea mtoni.He got bilharzia after swimming in the river.
- Je, umepimwa bilharzia?Have you been tested for bilharzia?
- Hatuna dawa ya bilharzia kituoni.We have no bilharzia medicine at the clinic.
- Watoto watapimwa bilharzia shuleni.The children will be tested for bilharzia at school.
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