| Haemaphysalis | A genus of small, eyeless, inornate ticks. As larvae and nymphs, they are found chiefly on small mammals and birds; as adults, they are found on larger mammals and some birds. They are important as vectors of protozoa and viruses, (e.g., Kyasanur Forest disease virus). Origin: G. Haima, blood, + physaleos, full of wind (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Haemaphysalis chordeilis | The bird tick, a common tick of turkeys and upland game birds in North America. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis cinnabarina | A tick that occurs chiefly in the dry district of British Columbia; this species can cause ascending paraplegia or tick paralysis in both humans and animals. Origin: G. Kinnabarinos, like cinnabar, vermilion (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata | A race of Haemaphysalis in Europe, north Africa, and Japan; larvae and nymphs feed on terrestrial reptiles, and adults on various domestic herbivores, rabbits, and hedgehogs; it transmits bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis concinna | Common rodent tick species of the area formerly known as the U.S.S.R. That is a vector and reservoir of tick typhus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis leachi | A species of Africa, Asia, and Australia that occurs on domestic and wild carnivores, on small rodents, and occasionally on cattle; it transmits canine babesiosis and boutonneuse fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris | The rabbit tick, a tick species that occurs on all species of rabbits and on many wild birds in all parts of North America from Alaska to Mexico, and is important in the spread of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularaemia among rabbits; it does not attack humans or most domestic animals and does not spread these diseases to them, but serves to maintain the infection in reservoir hosts. Origin: L. Fem. Of paluster, marshy (05 Mar 2000) |
| Haemaphysalis spinigera | A tropical forest species in India that is a vector of Kyasanur Forest disease; various rodents and insectivores serve as hosts of immature ticks of this species, which carry an arbovirus of the Russian spring-summer B group complex; monkeys act as reservoirs of human infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| haemapod | <zoology> An haemapodous animal. Origin: Haema + -pod. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haemapodous | <anatomy> Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; opposed to neuropodous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haemapoietic | <physiology> Bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen. Origin: Haema- + Gr. Productive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haemapophysis | Same as haemapophysis. Haemapophys"ial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| haemarthron | <orthopaedics, rheumatology> Blood within a joint space. Commonly seen after trauma to a joint. May occur spontaneously in those with a blood clotting disorder (haemophilia) or those who are receiving anticoagulant medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| haemarthrosis | <orthopaedics, rheumatology> Blood within a joint space. Commonly seen after trauma to a joint. May occur spontaneously in those with a blood clotting disorder (haemophilia) or those who are receiving anticoagulant medications. (27 Sep 1997) |
| haemastatics | Same as haemastatics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |