Taber's Medical Dictionary
Armillifer
(ar″mil′ĭ-fĕr )
[L. armillifer, bracelet-wearing]
A genus of bloodsucking, endoparasitic arthropods. The natural hosts are reptiles; humans are accidental hosts.
Armillifer moniliformis
A species whose larvae are parasitic in human beings in the Philippines and China.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Armillifer." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738375/all/Armillifer_moniliformis.
Armillifer. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738375/all/Armillifer_moniliformis. Accessed May 4, 2026.
Armillifer. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738375/all/Armillifer_moniliformis
Armillifer [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 04]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/738375/all/Armillifer_moniliformis.
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