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psorosperm|ˈpsɔərəʊspɜːm|
[f. as prec. + Gr. σπέρµα seed.]
An individual of a group of Sporozoa (Psorospermiæ), parasitic protozoa found in the mucous membranes, muscles, and liver of domestic animals, and sometimes in man.
1866Cobbold Tapeworms 8 The human psorosperm. [1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites 253 The disease of silk worms, known by the name of ‘pébrine’, has been attributed to the development of psorospermiæ.] 1880tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. IX. 494 Psorosperms have thus far only been found twice in the liver of man. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1003 The prevalence of a disease caused by psorosperms..in the lower animals.
So psoroˈspermial, psoroˈspermian, psoroˈspermic [= F. psorospermique], adjs., of, belonging to, or of the nature of Psorospermiæ; psorosperˈmosis, the occurrence or development of psorosperms in animals.
1867J. Hogg Microsc. ii. ii. 368 Observations..on the psorospermial sacs obtained from the hair of a peasant. 1875tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. III. 655 The Miescherian (or Raineyan or psorospermian) sacs. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 209 Psorospermosis could not be induced..by rubbing in psorospermial material obtained direct from the livers of other rabbits. 1898Ibid. V. 174 The pébrine disease, which is caused by a psorospermial organism. 1899Ibid. VIII. 879 The disease was a cutaneous psoropermosis. |