distomiasisn.
/dʌɪstə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪəsɪs/ Pathology and Veterinary Medicine.
(See quot. 1961.) = liver rot n. at liver n.1 and adj.2 Compounds 3. Cf. fascioliasis n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > liver disease
liver rot1785
galziekte1871
gall-sickness1875
distomatosis1892
distomiasis1892
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > glandular disorders > [noun] > disorders of liver
hepatitis1699
liver rot1785
liver1805
gin liver1830
nutmeg liver1833
cirrhosis1839
Laennec's cirrhosis1839
gin drinker's liver1845
yellow atrophy1845
hobnailed liver1849
red atrophy1849
hobnail liver1882
fascioliasis1884
infectious hepatitis1891
distomatosis1892
distomiasis1892
hepatomegalia1893
infective hepatitis1896
spirit liver1896
hepatoma1905
hepatosplenomegalia1930
Pick's syndrome1932
serum hepatitis1943
Pick's syndrome1955
micronodular cirrhosis1960
macronodular cirrhosis1967
hep1975
1892 G. Fleming tr. L. G. Neumann Treat. Parasites ii. iv. 516 The term Distomatosis..or Distomiasis..designates any affection due to Distomes.
1907 Westm. Hosp. Rep. XV. 60 Cerebral distomiasis displays itself with the irritative and paralytic phenomena of a cerebral neoplasm.
1961 A. S. MacNalty Brit. Med. Dict. 449/1 Distomiasis, any infection by trematodes or flukes; the term is now obsolete since the worms formerly in the genus Distoma are now correctly placed in other genera. The term still survives in medical textbooks, with many qualifying adjectives.
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