Definition of Heloderma

1. Noun. Type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards.


Medical Definition of Heloderma

1. The only genus of poisonous lizards, such as the Gila monster, so named because of the tubercular scales which cover their bodies. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Origin: G. Helos, nail, + derma, skin (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heloderma

Helmholtz-Gibbs theory
Helmholtz coil
Helmholtz coils
Helmholtz energy
Helmholtz free energy
Helmholtz function
Helmholtz resonator
Helmholtz theory of accommodation
Helmholtz theory of colour vision
Helmholtz theory of hearing
Helmholtzian
Helminthostachys
Helminthostachys zeylanica
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Heloderma (current term)
Heloderma horridum
Heloderma suspectum
Helodermatidae
Heloise
Helotiaceae
Helotiales
Helotium
Helsingfors
Helsinki
Helsinkian
Helsinkians
Helvella acetabulum
Helvella crispa
Helvella esculenta

Literary usage of Heloderma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anschutz (1917)
"(Dr. TL Bradford furnishes us with the following classification of this reptile:) The heloderma is classed as follows: Order: ..."

2. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"... of the Genus Heloderma Descriptions of the Species—Their Habits HEAVY-BODIED, vividly marked, and with skin possessing closely set, bead-like tubercles, ..."

3. A Text-book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Characteristic, Analytical by Allen Corson Cowperthwaite (1909)
"Ulcers, with swollen purplish skin. Compare.—Lach., Sang. Heloderma. Synonym.—Heloderma suspectum. Natural order.—Helo- derma tidae. Common name. ..."

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