Bug, kissing — The insect that carries and transmits the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). The bug got its name because it appears to kiss people, especially babies, on the lips while they are asleep. The bug… … Medical dictionary
reduviid — [ri do͞o′vē id, ridyo͞o′vē id] n. [< ModL Reduviidae < L reduvia, hangnail, remnant < OL redivia < * reduere, to strip away < red ,RE + uere < IE base * eu , to put on] ASSASSIN BUG … English World dictionary
Bug, reduviid — The insect that carries and transmits the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that is the cause of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). The bug is also called the kissing bug because it appears to kiss people, especially babies, on the lips while… … Medical dictionary
reduviid — noun a true bug: long legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals • Syn: ↑assassin bug • Hypernyms: ↑heteropterous insect • Hyponyms: ↑conenose, ↑cone nosed bug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
reduviid — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin reduvia hangnail Date: 1888 assassin bug • reduviid adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
reduviid — re·du·vi·id ri d(y)ü vē əd n any bug of the family Reduviidae reduviid adj * * * n. any one of a group of winged insects (Reduviidae) whose mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking take the form of a long proboscis that is tucked beneath the… … Medical dictionary
reduviid — /ri dooh vee id, dyooh /, n. See assassin bug. [1885 90; < NL Reduviidae, family name, equiv. to Reduvi(a) type genus (L: hangnail) + idae ID2] * * * … Universalium
reduviid — noun any member of the Reduviidae family of insects, especially the assassin bug … Wiktionary
reduviid — re•du•vi•id [[t]rɪˈdu vi ɪd, ˈdyu [/t]] n. ent assassin bug • Etymology: 1885–90; < NL Reduviidae family name < Reduvi(a) type genus (L: hangnail) … From formal English to slang
Kissing bug — The insect that carries and transmits the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause of Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). The bug got its name because it appears to kiss people, especially babies, on the lips while they are asleep. The bug… … Medical dictionary