phlebotomus fever — noun : a virus disease of brief duration characterized by fever, headache, pain in the eyes, malaise, and leukopenia and transmitted by the bite of a sand fly (Phlebotomus papatasii) called also sand fly fever * * * /fleuh bot euh meuhs/, Pathol … Useful english dictionary
phlebotomus fever — noun Etymology: New Latin Phlebotomus, genus of sand flies Date: circa 1923 sandfly fever … New Collegiate Dictionary
phlebotomus fever — /fleuh bot euh meuhs/, Pathol. See sandfly fever. [1920 25; < NL Phlebotomus genus name of the sandfly < Gk phlebotómos vein cutting (referring to instruments for letting blood); see PHLEBO , TOME] * * * … Universalium
Phlebotomus — Taxobox name = Phlebotomus image width = 240px image caption = A male Phlebotomus fly regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo =… … Wikipedia
Phlebotomus papatasi — Phlebotomus papatasi … Wikipedia Español
Phlebotomus papatasi — the vector of the virus of phlebotomus fever; it is also a vector of the protozoa Leishmania major … Medical dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
Phlebotomus-Fieber — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A93.1 Pappatacifieber Phlebotomus Fieber Sandfliegenfieber … Deutsch Wikipedia
Phlebotomus — A genus of very small bloodsucking sandflies of the subfamily Phlebotominae, family Psychodidae. [phlebo + G. tomos, cutting] P. argentipes the vector of kala azar in India. P. chinensis the vector of kala azar in China. P. flaviscutellatus SYN:… … Medical dictionary
phlebotomus — noun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii • Syn: ↑sandfly fever, ↑pappataci fever • Hypernyms: ↑disease … Useful english dictionary
