Swimmer's Itch

Definition: Swimmer's Itch

1. A sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes (human or animal).

Specialty Definition: Swimmer's Itch

Domain	Definition
Health	Cercarial dermatitis produced in man by blood flukes. (references)
Medicine	Dermatitis caused by the snail parasite, Schistosoma cercariae(1). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Swimmer's Itch

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Swimmer's Itch (reference) (more reference examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: Swimmer's Itch

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Swimmer's itch generally occurs during summer months. (references)
		No. Many factors must be present for swimmer's itch to become a problem in water. (references)
		Encourage health officials to post signs on shorelines where swimmer's itch is a current problem. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: Swimmer's Itch

Language		Translations for "swimmer's itch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		schistosomiasis cutanea (schistosome dermatitis), schistosomadermatitis (schistosome dermatitis). (various references)

French		eczéma caniculaire, dermatite des schistosomiases, dermatite � schistosome. (various references)

German		Schistosomendermatitis (schistosome dermatitis), Zerkariendermatitis (schistosome dermatitis). (various references)

Italian		dermatite da schistosomi (schistosome dermatitis). (various references)

Pig Latin		immer'ssway itchay

Swedish		badklåda. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Swimmer's Itch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-c-e-h-i-i-m-m-r-s-s-t-w"
	-3 letters: chimerisms, hermitisms.
	-4 letters: chimerism, christies, hermitism, miswrites, scimiters, swimmiest, switchers.
	-5 letters: chemisms, chemists, christie, eristics, hermitic, meristic, miscites, misterms, misthrew, mistimes, miswrite, scimiter, shimmers, shimmies, smirches, smithers, smithies, swimmers, swimmier, swishier, switcher, switches, swithers, trisemic, whimsies, witchier.
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