loxoscelism - 2 dictionary results
Main Entry: lox·os·ce·lism
Pronunciation: läk-'säs-&-"liz-&m
Function: noun
: a painful condition resulting from thebite of a spider of the genus Loxosceles and especially the brown recluse spider (L. reclusa) that is characterized by local necrosis of tissue and sometimes systemic symptoms ofpoisoning
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loxoscelism lox·os·ce·lism (lŏk-sŏs'ə-lĭz'əm)
n.
A condition produced by the bite of the brown recluse spider of North America and characterized by a gangrenous slough at the site of bite, nausea, malaise, fever, hemolysis, and thrombocytopenia.
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