See Also: creeping myiasis(medicine)
creeping(dictionary)
Creeping expropriation(money)
creeping ulcer(medicine)
creeping thrombosis(medicine)
creeping palsy(medicine)
Creeping - Archery(gambling)
creeping eruption(medicine)
Creeping expropriation(finance)
Creeping inflation(finance)

aphid (iou) and creeping myiasis (medicine)


aphid (iou)



aphid noun. L19.
[Back-form. from aphides, pl. of APHIS.]
A small soft-bodied insect of the homopteran family Aphididae, whose members live on plant juices and include many plant pests, e.g. a greenfly or a blackfly.
rose aphid: see ROSE noun & adjective. woolly aphid: see WOOLLY adjective.
aphi'divorous adjective feeding on aphids E19.

creeping myiasis (medicine)


creeping myiasis
Myiasis causing suppurating cutaneous sinuses which may be mistaken for the creeping eruption of cutaneous larva migrans.