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‖ spargaˈnosis Path. [a. Gr. σπαργάνωσις (Dioscorides 2. 129 in old editions; but in 3. 41 σπάργωσις spargosis), for σπάργησις, f. σπαργᾶν to swell.] †1. (See quot.) Obs.—0
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Sparganosis, a Distention of the Breasts, occasioned by too much Milk. [Also in Phillips (1706), Bailey, Chambers (1753), etc.] †2. Puerperal swelling of the legs. Obs.
1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) II. 633 This..was an instance of erratic or metastatic rheumatism rather than sparganosis. Ibid. V. 612 In a singular enlargement of the lower extremity produced by a puerperal sparganosis. 3. Infection with larval tapeworms of the genus Sparganum.
1928Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. XXVI. 254 Sparganosis results from applying frogs infected with these spargana to inflamed and ulcerated areas of the body. 1954Amer. Jrnl. Tropical Med. & Hygiene III. 123 It is probable that human sparganosis is acquired in Korea by the consumption of raw snake, which is a fairly common practice in this area. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) iii. 210 Sparganosis has been reported in man from many tropical countries such as South East Asia, Africa, Madagascar, China, and South America. |