Organisms

Brown Recluse Spider

A spider of the genus Loxosceles, found in the midwestern and other parts of the United States, which carries a hemolytic venom that produces local necrosis or ulceration.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A spider of the genus Loxosceles, found in the midwestern and other parts of the United States, which carries a hemolytic venom that produces local necrosis or ulceration.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Brown Violin Spider
  • Loxosceles reclusa
  • Violin Spider
  • Brown Recluse Spiders
  • Brown Violin Spiders
  • Recluse Spider, Brown
  • Recluse Spiders, Brown
  • Spider, Brown Recluse
  • Spider, Brown Violin
  • Spider, Violin
  • Spiders, Brown Recluse
  • Spiders, Brown Violin
  • Spiders, Violin
  • Violin Spider, Brown
  • Violin Spiders
  • Violin Spiders, Brown

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Aspects Covered

18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

bite: coordinate IM with ARACHNIDISM (IM)

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History Note

2013

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Previous Indexing

  • Spiders (1963-2012)

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Tree Number

  1. B01w.050w.500w.131w.166w.803w.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brown Recluse Spider. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D063287. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D063287
  2. Brown Recluse Spider. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider
  3. Brown Recluse Spider. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284352