phlebotomus fever
American
[fluh-bot-uh-muhs]
/ fləˈbɒt ə məs /
noun
Pathology.
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); phlebo-, -tome
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