Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Trom·bi·di·idae Pronunciation:
"träm-b&-'dI-&-"dE Function:
noun plural : a large and widely distributed familyof mites that now includes only forms that feed in all stages on other arthropods but formerly included medically important forms whose larvae are chiggers and which are now included in the familyTrombiculidae —
trom·bid·i·id /-'bid-E-&d/ adjective or noun
