spargosisn.
Pathology.
(See quot. 1867.) Also figurative.
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1867 E. Wilson Dis. Skin (ed. 6) 914 Spargosis,..a substantive term applicable to elephantiasis Arabum, and boucnemia... We prefer spargosis to sparganosis.
1934 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Stony Limits 23 In open country..watching an aching spargosis of stars.
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