Medical Dictionary

Katayama syndrome

noun

Medical Definition of KATAYAMA SYNDROME

:  schistosomiasis japonica; specifically :  an acute form usually occurring several weeks after initial infection with the causative schistosome (Schistosoma japonicum)—called also Katayama disease, Katayama fever

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