sparganosis
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English[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”)
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Translations[edit]
infection by larvae of Spirometra tapeworms
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spargosis — see spargosis