Taber's Medical Dictionary
Blatella
(blă-tel′ă )
[L. diminutive of blatta, any of several insects that shun light]
A genus of cockroaches (family Blattidae).
SEE: cockroach
Blatella germanica
SEE: German cockroach
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Blatella." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745391/all/Blatella.
Blatella. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745391/all/Blatella. Accessed May 15, 2026.
Blatella. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745391/all/Blatella
Blatella [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 15]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/745391/all/Blatella.
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