Medical Definition of Ornithonyssus

1. A genus of bird and rodent mites; species include Ornithonyssus bacoti, the tropical rat mite, a possible vector of murine typhus and a cause of human dermatitis; Ornithonyssus bursa, the tropical fowl mite; and Ornithonyssus sylviarum, the northern fowl mite. Origin: G. Ornis (ornith-), bird, + nyssus, to prick (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithonyssus

ornitholite
ornithologic
ornithologic
ornithological
ornithological
ornithologies
ornithologist
ornithologist
ornithologists
ornithology
ornithology
ornithomancy
ornithomimid
Ornithomimida
ornithon
Ornithonyssus (current term)
ornithopappi
ornithopod
ornithopoda
Ornithopoda
ornithopods
ornithopod dinosaur
ornithopter
ornithopters
Ornithorhynchidae
ornithorhynchus
Ornithorhynchus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
ornithosauria
ornithoscelida

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