IXODES
\ˈa͡ɪksə͡ʊdz], \ˈaɪksəʊdz], \ˈaɪ_k_s_əʊ_d_z]\
Definitions of IXODES
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
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The largest genus of TICKS in the family IXODIDAE, containing over 200 species. Many infest humans and other mammals and several are vectors of diseases such as LYME DISEASE, tick-borne encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE), and KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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[Greek] a genus of the Acarina, comprising the various species of ticks parastic upon man and animals. Hence, Ixodic, of or produced by ticks; as Ixodic anoemia (= Texas fever).
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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