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paragonimiasis Med.|ˌpærəgəʊnɪˈmaɪəsɪs|
[f. mod.L. Paragonim-us, generic name (f. para-1 + Gr. γόνιµος productive, fertile, f. root γεν-, γον- to produce) + -iasis.]
Infestation with worms of the genus Paragonimus, esp. the lung fluke, which results from eating infected crustacea and is marked at first by abdominal pains and later by a persistent cough and expectoration of blood.
1907Allbutt's Syst. Med. (ed. 2) II. ii. 861 The symptoms of paragonimiasis, or endemic hæmoptysis as it is some⁓times designated, are a chronic cough—usually worst in the morning, a persistent pneumonic-like sputum in which ova abound, and recurring attacks of more or less profuse hæmoptysis. 1935Nature 26 Oct. 674/1 There is fortunately no reason for anticipating that the crab will introduce into Europe the lung disease, paragonimiasis, of which it is one of the vectors in the Far East. 1961L. E. Bollo Introd. Med. & Med. Terminol. xiv. 167 Paragonimiasis (caused by the lung fluke Paragonimus westermani) is common in Korea, Japan, the Philippine Islands, and parts of China. 1973Kun-Yen Huang in J. R. Quinn Med. & Public Health China 258 Although careful roentgenological examinations..may differentiate paragonimiasis from tuberculosis, the diagnosis of paragonimiasis relies primarily on the demonstration of parasite ova in the sputum or an intradermal or CF test with antigen prepared from adult worms. |