Medical Dictionary

Simulium

noun Si·mu·li·um \si-ˈmyü-lē-əm\

Medical Definition of SIMULIUM

:  the type genus of the family Simuliidae comprising dark-colored bloodsucking dipteran flies of which some are vectors of onchocerciasis or of protozoan diseases of birds—see blackfly

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