Definition of Dermatobia
1. Noun. Larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Cuterebridae, Family Cuterebridae
Member holonyms: Dermatobia Hominis, Human Botfly
Medical Definition of Dermatobia
1. A genus of flies (family Oestridae) found in tropical America. Origin: dermato-+ G. Bios, way of living (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Dermatobia
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1. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"The dermatobia flies in tropical America take the place of our species of Hypoderma,
and their larvae live in the skin of mammals, as well as of human ..."
2. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"Mosquitoes and dermatobia In many parts of tropical America where the man-infesting
botfly, dermatobia hominis (see Chap. XXVII, pp. ..."
3. Introduction to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases: Including Their Cause and by Millard Langfeld (1907)
"... dermatobia •, mi T ,• • •> •> <• The larvae of this fly are also common ...
dermatobia ..."
4. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"X .6. notably dermatobia hominis Gmelin = dermatobia ... dermatobia hominis Gmelin
1 is commonly found in Central and South America and Mexico. ..."
5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"Matas, R.: Report of the case of a patient from whose subcutaneous tissue three
larvae of a species of dermatobia were removed, with remarks. ..."
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