bed bug

bed·bug

also bed bug B0147900 (bĕd′bŭg′)n. Any of several small wingless parasitic insects of the family Cimicidae, especially Cimex lectularius, which infests dwellings and bedding and feeds on human blood. Also called regionally chinch.

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Noun

bed bug - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human bloodbedbug, chinch, Cimex lectulariushemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisCimex, genus Cimex - type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs

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bed bug

Drug slang
Regional slang for fellow drug addict.

Public health
A small haematophagous (blood-sucking) arthropod.

Clinical findings
Pruritus and, in sensitive individuals, urticaria, vesiculobullous lesions, arthalgia, asthmatiform symptoms.

Types
• Cosmopolitan—Cimex lectularius.
• Tropical—Cimex hemipterus.

bed bug

noun

Synonyms for bed bug

noun bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Synonyms

bedbug
chinch
Cimex lectularius

Related Words

hemipteran
hemipteron
hemipterous insect
bug
Cimex
genus Cimex

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