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Spirometra

noun Spi·rom·e·tra \spī-ˈräm-ə-trə, spi-\

Medical Definition of SPIROMETRA

:  a genus of tapeworms of the order Pseudophyllidea that include several (as S. mansoni of Asia and S. mansonoides of the southern United States) which sometimes cause sparganosis in humans

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