sparganosis

English

Noun

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

neurosparganosis

Translations

infection by larvae of Spirometra tapeworms

Portuguese: esparganose f

spargosis — see spargosis

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