Medical Definition of Lernaea

1. A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, the same as the family Lernaeidae. The genus is restricted by modern zoologists to a limited number of species similar to Lernaea branchialis found on the gills of the cod. Origin: NL, fr. L. Lernaeus Lernaean, fr. Lerna, Gr, a forest and marsh near Argos, the mythological abode of the hydra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lernaea

leptotenes
leptothricosis
leptothrix
leptus
leptynite
leptynites
lerdelimumab
lere
lered
leres
leresis
lergotrile
leriche's syndrome
lering
lermontovite
lernaea (current term)
lernaeacea
lernaean
lernean
lerot
lerp
lerps
lerret
lerrets

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