Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
spar·ga·num Pronunciation:
'spär-g&-n&m Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural spar·ga·na /-n&/ also spar·ga·nums : an intramuscular or subcutaneous vermiform parasite of various vertebrates including humans that is the plerocercoidlarva of a tapeworm —sometimes used as though a generic name when referring to such a larva <
Sparganum mansoni is the larva of
Spirometra mansoni>
