bedbug /bed·bug/ (bed´bug) a bug of the genus Cimex.
bedbug
bedbug [bed´bug″]
bedbug
bed·bug (b d b g )n. A wingless, odorous insect with a flat, reddish body that infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. |
bedbug
Etymology: AS, bedd + ME, bugge, hobgoblin
a blood-sucking wingless arthropod of the species Cimex lectularius or the species C. hemipterus that feeds on humans and other animals. The bedbug can be removed after covering it with petrolatum. The bite, which causes itching, pain, and redness, can be treated with a lotion or cream containing a corticosteroid or other topical antiinflammatory or analgesic preparation.
bedbug [bed´bug″]
a bug of the genus Cimex, a flattened, oval, reddish insect that inhabits houses, furniture, and neglected beds and feeds on man, usually at night.
bedbug
Chinch A blood-sucking arthropod Types Cosmopolitan–eg, Cimex lectularius, tropical–eg, C hemipterus; bedbugs cause pruritus and in sensitive individuals, urticaria, vesiculobullous lesions, arthalgia,
asthmatic Sx
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