Taber's Medical Dictionary
Acarina
(ak″ă-rī′nă, rē′)
[acarus]
An order of arachnids that includes many ticks and mites. Most are ectoparasites whose bites or burrowing cause localized dermatitis and itching. Systemic reactions are rare. Some may be vectors of disease.
SEE: Ixodidae; SEE: Lyme disease; SEE: Sarcoptidae; SEE: scabies; SEE: tick
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Acarina." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743173/all/Acarina.
Acarina. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743173/all/Acarina. Accessed March 23, 2023.
Acarina. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743173/all/Acarina
Acarina [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743173/all/Acarina.
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