Medical Dictionary

Haemaphysalis

noun Hae·ma·phy·sa·lis \-ˈfī-sə-ləs\

Medical Definition of HAEMAPHYSALIS

:  a cosmopolitan genus of small eyeless ixodid ticks including some that are disease carriers—see kyasanur forest disease

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