Medical Dictionary

Loxosceles

noun Lox·os·ce·les \läk-ˈsäs-ə-ˌlēz\

Medical Definition of LOXOSCELES

:  a genus of spiders (family Loxoscelidae) that includes the brown recluse spider (L. reclusa)

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