Taber's Medical Dictionary
Calliphora vomitoria
(kă-lif′ŏ-ră vom″ĭ-tōr′ē-ă )
A common blowfly that is the type species of the genus Calliphora, of the family Calliphoridae. Its larvae (maggots) sometimes infest human wounds, causing myiasis.
SYN: SEE: bluebottle fly
SEE: blowfly; SEE: myiasis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Calliphora Vomitoria." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763567/all/Calliphora_vomitoria.
Calliphora vomitoria. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763567/all/Calliphora_vomitoria. Accessed April 13, 2025.
Calliphora vomitoria. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763567/all/Calliphora_vomitoria
Calliphora Vomitoria [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 13]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763567/all/Calliphora_vomitoria.
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