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spirometra
Spirometra (spī'rō-mē'tră), A genus of pseudophyllid tapeworms. [G. speira, coil, + mētra, womb (uterus)] spirometraS12-874860The plerocercoid larva of tapeworms, esp. those of the genera Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra.spirometra mansoniAn elongated plerocercoid species, 3 to 14 in. (7.6 to 35 cm) in length, found in muscles and connective tissue, esp. that around the eye; common in the Far East.spirometra mansonoidesSpecies occasionally found in the U.S. in larval form.spirometra proliferumMinute species infesting humans and producing acne-like nodules. It is thought to proliferate by means of budlike outgrowths. |