loxoscelism

loxoscelism definition - medical

lox·os·ce·lism (lŏk-sŏsˈə-lĭzˌəm)

noun
A condition produced by the bite of the brown recluse spider of North America and characterized by a gangrenous slough at the site of bite, nausea, malaise, fever, hemolysis, and thrombocytopenia.

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