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Phlebotomus

Definitions: Phlebotomus

Phlebotomus

Noun

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

2. Small blood-sucking sand flies that resemble moths.

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Specialty Definitions: Phlebotomus

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Health

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). (references)

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Synonyms: Phlebotomus

Synonyms: genus Phlebotomus (n), pappataci fever (n), sandfly fever (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Phlebotomus

English words defined with "phlebotomus": genus Phlebotomuspappataci fever, Phlebotomus papatasiisandfly fever. (references)
Specialty definitions using "phlebotomus": Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania major, Leishmaniasis, VisceralPhlebotomus Fever, Phlebotomus papatasi, PhlebovirusSandfly Fever Group Viruses. (references)

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Expressions: Phlebotomus

Expressions using "phlebotomus": genus Phlebotomus Phlebotomus Fever Phlebotomus papatasi Phlebotomus papatasii. Additional references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Phlebotomus

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Latin500 BCE-Modern

Phlebotomus papatasi. (various references)

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Anagrams: Phlebotomus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-h-l-m-o-o-p-s-t-u"

-3 letters: besmooth, bethumps, boomlets, housetop, humblest, lothsome, posthole, potholes, pothouse.

-4 letters: beshout, bethump, boletus, boomlet, embolus, humbles, outsole, phloems, phoebus, plumose, pomelos, pothole, pueblos, pumelos, stumble, subplot, tumbles, tupelos, upshoot.

-5 letters: besmut, bhoots, blooms, bloops, blouse, bluest, bluets, blumes, booths, botels, boules, bumphs, bushel, bustle, buteos, butles, helots, hoboes, hostel, hotels, housel, humble, hustle.

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Alternative Orthography: Phlebotomus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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