Medical Dictionary

sparganum

noun spar·ga·num \ˈspär-gə-nəm\
plural spar·ga·na \-nə\ also spar·ga·nums

Medical Definition of SPARGANUM

:  an intramuscular or subcutaneous vermiform parasite of various vertebrates including humans that is the plerocercoid larva of a tapeworm—sometimes used as though a generic name when referring to such a larva <Sparganum mansoni is the larva of Spirometra mansoni>

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