Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
hy·po·der·ma Pronunciation:
"hI-p&-'d&r-m& Function:
noun 1 capitalized : a cosmopolitan genus(the type of the family Hypodermatidae) of dipteran flies that have larvae parasitic in the tissues of vertebrates and include the heel flies and the common cattle grub (
H. lineatum)
2 : any insect or maggot of the genus
Hypoderma