Medical Dictionary

bedbug

noun bed·bug \ˈbed-ˌbəg\

Medical Definition of BEDBUG

:  a wingless bloodsucking bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood—called also chinch

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