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phlebotomus fever

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[fluh-bot-uh-muhs] / fləˈbɒt ə məs /

noun

Pathology.
  1. sandfly fever.


Etymology

Origin of phlebotomus fever

1920–25; < New Latin Phlebotomus genus name of the sandfly < Greek phlebotómos vein-cutting (referring to instruments for letting blood); see phlebo-, -tome

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