sparganosis
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[edit]Noun
[edit]sparganosis (plural sparganoses)
- (pathology) A parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms in the genus Spirometra.
- Alternative form of spargosis (“distention of the breasts with milk”)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]infection by larvae of Spirometra tapeworms
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spargosis — see spargosis