[Lat., bills, bile.] bil'ein

A trade name for a preparation consisting of the e ential salts of the bile. Bilharzia (bil-har'ze-ah). A genus of dis tom i do us parasites, of the cla of Trematoda and order Malacocotylea, established by Cobbold to include the Distoma haematobium of Bilharz. B. haem at obia. Syn.: Distoma haem at obia, Schistosomum haematobium, Distoma capense. A cylindrical worm of the cla Trematoda. The male is about half an inch long and the female somewhat longer, but more slender. During copulation the female is lodged in the gynecophoric canal of the male. It is found in the portal ve els and in the veins of the mesentery and of the urinary tract, causing a severe disease, characterized by hematuria, anemia, and diarrhea, endemic in parts of Africa and in the Mauritius. The eggs finally reach the bladder, from which they are voided in the urine and, when supplied with fresh water, the free-swimming larva develops. bilharziasis due to infection (bil-har-zi'as-is). with Bilharzia The disease haem at obia. Endemic in Egypt and other parts of Africa. bili-. Combining form of Lat., bills, bile. A prefix used in compound words and derivatives to mean of or combined with bile. biliary (bil'e-a-re). Of, or pertaining to, bile. bilicyanin (bil-e-si'an-in). A blue substance, formed by the oxidation of bilirubin. It has been found in gall-stones. [Lat., blue.] bills, bile, + Gr., kyaneos, dark bilifuscin (bil-e-fu's in). A pigment found in gall-stones. [Lat., bills, bile, + fusc us, brown.] bilihumin (bil-e-hu'min). A pigment found in gall-stones. [Lat., bills, bile, + humus, earth.] biliousne . A popular and now nearly obsolete term for a digestive derangement, characterized by constipation, intellectual sluggishne , a feeling of general discomfort, offensivene of the breath, and a furred state of the tongue, with or without headache, vomiting of bile, and abdominal pain; popularly and erroneously attributed to a defective secretion or outflow of bile. biliprasin (bi_l-i-pra's in). A green pigment found in gall-stones. [Lat., bilis, bile, + prasinus, leek-green.] bilipurpin, bilipurpurin (bil-e-pur'pin, bil-e-pur'pu-rin). A bile pigment [Lat., bilis, bile, + purpure us, purple.]