swimmer's itch
A short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans infected by water-borne…A short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans infected by water-borne Schistosomatidae.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans infected by water-borne Schistosomatidae.
More definitions
- a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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