| African furuncular myiasis | Infection of man and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Cordylobia. Synonym: African furuncular myiasis, tumbu dermal myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| furuncular | Relating to a furuncle. Synonym: furunculous. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| aural myiasis | Invasion of the external, middle, or inner ear by larvae of dipterous insects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wound myiasis | Traumatic myiasis, the infestation of a surface wound or other open lesion by fly larvae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| myiasis | The invasion of living tissues of man and other mammals by dipterous larvae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| myiasis oestruosa | Myiasis due to a species of the family Oestridae, the gadflies or botflies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| creeping myiasis | Myiasis causing suppurating cutaneous sinuses which may be mistaken for the creeping eruption of cutaneous larva migrans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutaneous myiasis | Invasion of the skin of sheep by larvae of blowflies. Synonym: blowfly strike. (05 Mar 2000) |
| human botfly myiasis | Infection of man and animals with larvae of the fly Dermatobia hominis. Synonym: human botfly myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nasal myiasis | Fly larva invasion of the nasal passages, due most commonly in the U.S. To primary screw-worms, the larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax, which develop in the nasal or aural cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcutaneous myiasis | Invasion of subcutaneous tissues by the larvae of dipterous insects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intestinal myiasis | Presence of larvae of certain dipterous insects in the gastrointestinal tract, as of Musca domestica (domestic housefly), the cheese mite, and Fannia canicularis (lesser housefly). (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular myiasis | Invasion of the conjunctival sac or eyeball by larvae of flies, e.g., Hypoderma bovis, H. Lineata, Sarcophaga, or Gasterophilus intestinalis. Synonym: ophthalmomyiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tumbu dermal myiasis | Infection of man and animals with larvae of flies of the genus Cordylobia. Synonym: African furuncular myiasis, tumbu dermal myiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acute African sleeping sickness | A disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Uganda south to Zimbabwe; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anaemic, and die commonly from cardiac failure. Synonym: acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis, East African sleeping sickness, East African trypanosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| african | Of or pertaining to Africa. African hemp, a fibre prerared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India. African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta). African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. Origin: L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |