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.
Nearby words
loxo-, loxodont, loxodrome, loxodromic, loxodromics, loxoscelism, loy, loya jirga, loyal, loyal order of moose, loyalism
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