Medical Dictionary

wohlfahrtia

noun wohl·fahr·tia \ˌvōl-ˈfärt-ē-ə\

Medical Definition of WOHLFAHRTIA

1
capitalized :  a genus of larviparous dipteran flies of the family Sarcophagidae that commonly deposit their larvae in wounds or on the intact skin of humans and domestic animals causing severe cutaneous myiasis
2
:  any fly of the genus Wohlfahrtia

Biographical Note for WOHLFAHRTIA

Wol·fart \ˈvōl-ˌfärt\ , Peter (1675–1726), German physician. Wolfart was a practicing physician in Hanau, Germany, as well as a professor of medicine and anatomy, first at the secondary school and later at the college there.

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