Medical Definition of Fleshflies

1. Members of the order Diptera, whose larvae (maggots) develop in putrefying or living tissues. Maggots of the latter group produce myiasis; these include screw-worms (both primary and secondary invaders); wool maggots of sheep; botflies or skin maggots of man and domestic animals (including warble or heel flies); head or nasal botflies of sheep and goats, horses, camels, and deer; and horse botflies (or gadflies) whose larvae develop in the stomach, duodenum, or rectum of horses. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshflies

flensers
flenses
flensing
fleroxacin
Flesch formula
flesh
flesh
flesh-eating(a)
flesh-eating bacteria
fleshed
fleshed out
flesher
flesher
fleshers
fleshes
fleshflies (current term)
fleshier
fleshiest
fleshily
fleshiness
fleshinesses
fleshing
fleshings
fleshless
fleshlier
fleshliest
fleshly
fleshly
fleshment
fleshments

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