n :  a genus of tapeworms of the order Pseudophyllidea that include several (as S. mansoni of Asia and S. mansonoides of the southern U.S.) which sometimes cause sparganosis in humans .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  sper·ma·tu·ria  spi·rom·e·ter  spi·rom·e·try 
 
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