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Definition of Phlebotomus

1. Noun. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii.

2. Noun. Small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths.

Medical Definition of Phlebotomus

1. A genus of psychodidae which functions as the vector of a number of pathogenic organisms, including leishmania donovani, leishmania tropica, bartonella bacilliformis, and the pappataci fever virus (sandfly fever group viruses). (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlebotomus

phleboplasty phleborrhagia phleborrhaphy phleborrhexis phlebosclerosis phlebostasis phlebostenosis phlebostrepsis phlebothrombosis phlebotomies

phlebotomine phlebotomise phlebotomist phlebotomists phlebotomize phlebotomus (current term) phlebotomus fever phlebotomus fever viruses phlebotomy phlebotoxic

phlebovirus phlegm phlegmagogue phlegmagogues phlegmasia phlegmasia alba dolens phlegmasia cerulea dolens phlegmasia dolens phlegmasia malabarica phlegmatic

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