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Descriptor English: Black Widow Spider
Descriptor Spanish: Araña Viuda Negra
Descriptor araña viuda negra
Entry term(s) Lactrodentus mactans
Latrodectus mactans (homeopatía)
viuda negra
Scope note: Araña venenosa del Nuevo Mundo con una marca roja en forma de reloj de arena sobre el abdomen.
Descriptor Portuguese: Viúva Negra
Descriptor French: Veuve noire
Entry term(s): Black Widow Spiders
Latrodectus mactan
Latrodectus mactans
Latrodectus mactans (Homeopathy)
Spider, Black Widow
Spiders, Black Widow
Widow Spider, Black
Widow Spiders, Black
mactan, Latrodectus
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.166.803.200
HP4.018.158.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001740
Scope note: A venomous New World spider with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the abdomen.
Annotation: /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; bite: coord IM with SPIDER BITES (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under SPIDERS 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under SPIDERS 1975-90
DeCS ID: 1765
Unique ID: D001740
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Black Widow Spider - Preferred
Concept UI M0002624
Scope note A venomous New World spider with an hourglass-shaped red mark on the abdomen.
Preferred term Black Widow Spider
Entry term(s) Black Widow Spiders
Latrodectus mactan
Latrodectus mactans
Spider, Black Widow
Spiders, Black Widow
Widow Spider, Black
Widow Spiders, Black
mactan, Latrodectus
Latrodectus mactans (Homeopathy) - Narrower
Concept UI FD00059420
Scope note Homeopathic remedy. Common name: Black widow spider. Abbreviation: "lat-m.". Animal origin. Original habitat: Tropical America. Parts used: whole animal. Note: P.S.- There is pathogenetic study for this substance.
Preferred term Latrodectus mactans (Homeopathy)



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