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phlebotomus fever

[ fluh-bot-uh-muhs ]

noun

, Pathology.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phlebotomus fever1

1920–25; < New Latin Phlebotomus genus name of the sandfly < Greek phlebotómos vein-cutting (referring to instruments for letting blood); phlebo-, -tome

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