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
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.
