loxoscelism /lox·os·ce·lism/ (lok-sos´sil-izm) a morbid condition due to the bite of the spiders Loxosceles laeta and L. reclusa, beginning with a painful erythematous vesicle and progressing to a gangrenous slough of the affected area.
loxoscelism [lok-sos´sĕ-lizm]
lox·os·ce·lism (l k-ss  -l z m)n. A condition produced by the bite of the brown recluse spider of North America and characterized by a gangrenous slough at the site of bite, nausea, malaise, fever, hemolysis, and thrombocytopenia. |
loxoscelism [lok-sos´sĕ-lizm]
a morbid condition resulting from the bite of the spiders Loxosceles reclusa and L. laeta, beginning with a painful inflamed vesicle and progressing to a gangrenous slough of skin that can be fatal. It is more common with the South American spider than with the North American one. See also spider bite.
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