PHLEBOTOMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phlebotomus mean? 

• PHLEBOTOMUS (noun)
  The noun PHLEBOTOMUS has 2 senses:

1. a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii

2. small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths

  Familiarity information: PHLEBOTOMUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHLEBOTOMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pappataci fever; phlebotomus; sandfly fever

Hypernyms ("phlebotomus" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus

Hypernyms ("Phlebotomus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Phlebotomus"):

Phlebotomus papatasii; sand fly; sandfly (any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis)

Holonyms ("Phlebotomus" is a member of...):

family Psychodidae; Psychodidae (very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies)

 Context examples 

A chronic disease caused by LEISHMANIA DONOVANI and transmitted by the bite of several sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia.

(Kala-Azar, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)