Taber's Medical Dictionary
Agkistrodon
(ag-kis′trŏ-don″)
(ang-kis′trŏ-don″)
[L. fr. Gr. ankistron, fishhook + Gr. odōn, tooth]
A genus of ovoviviparous pit vipers found in the U.S. and Central America.
Agkistrodon contortrix
SEE: copperhead
Agkistrodon piscivorus
SEE: cottonmouth
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Agkistrodon." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746798/all/Agkistrodon_contortrix.
Agkistrodon. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746798/all/Agkistrodon_contortrix. Accessed July 12, 2020.
Agkistrodon. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved July 12, 2020, from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746798/all/Agkistrodon_contortrix
Agkistrodon [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2020 July 12]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/746798/all/Agkistrodon_contortrix.
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