Loxoscelism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Loxoscelism is a noun meaning (medicine) A necrotic condition caused by the bite of a recluse spider (genus Loxosceles).
Meaning
(medicine) A necrotic condition caused by the bite of a recluse spider (genus Loxosceles).
Example Sentences
The loxoscelism was first described in 1937 by the Chilean physician Atilio Macchiavello Varas [81, 82], who demonstrated that L. laeta bite caused the “arañismo cutáneogangrenoso y hemolitico do Chile”.
1978, H. Schenone, G. Suarez, Chapter II: Venoms of Scytotidae, Genus Loxosceles, Sergio Bettini (editor), Arthropod Venoms, Springer, 2012 softcover reprint, page 266, Regardless of the clinical form of loxoscelism, but according to the extension and deepness of the lesions in 89.6 % of the cases they may heal in a very complete and convenient form, within 1 – 3 weeks.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include loasis, loiasis, latrodectism, loaiasis, lonomiasis, limosis.
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