schistosome dermatitis

1. 1.

   a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes

   Synonymsswimmer's itch

   Broaderdermatitis

   homo · animal

Questions about schistosome dermatitis

What does schistosome dermatitis mean?

schistosome dermatitis means "a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes".

What is another word for schistosome dermatitis?

Close synonyms include swimmer's itch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is schistosome dermatitis a common word?

schistosome dermatitis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.