loxoscelism
[ 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.
Words nearby loxoscelism
lox, loxodont, loxodrome, loxodromic, loxodromics, loxoscelism, loy, loya jirga, loyal, loyal order of moose, loyalist
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