Medical Dictionary

Cochliomyia

noun Coch·lio·my·ia \ˌkäk-lē-ə-ˈmī-(y)ə\

Medical Definition of COCHLIOMYIA

:  a genus of North American blowflies of the family Calliphoridae that includes the screwworms (C. hominivorax and C. macellaria)

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