spirometra


Spirometra

(spī'rō-mē'tră), A genus of pseudophyllid tapeworms. [G. speira, coil, + mētra, womb (uterus)]

spirometra

S12-874860The plerocercoid larva of tapeworms, esp. those of the genera Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra.

spirometra mansoni

An 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 mansonoides

Species occasionally found in the U.S. in larval form.

spirometra proliferum

Minute species infesting humans and producing acne-like nodules. It is thought to proliferate by means of budlike outgrowths.