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PHLEBOTOMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phlebotomus mean?
• PHLEBOTOMUS (noun)
The noun PHLEBOTOMUS has 2 senses:
1. a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
2. small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths
Familiarity information: PHLEBOTOMUS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pappataci fever; phlebotomus; sandfly fever
Hypernyms ("phlebotomus" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus
Hypernyms ("Phlebotomus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Phlebotomus"):
Phlebotomus papatasii; sand fly; sandfly (any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis)
Holonyms ("Phlebotomus" is a member of...):
family Psychodidae; Psychodidae (very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies)
Context examples
A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia.
(Kala-Azar, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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