Arthropod: A member of the phylum Arthropoda. [arthro- + G. pous, foot]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Arthropod: body is semented into 2 or 3 regions, with paired, segmented appendages, and a hardened body wall; periodically sheds and renews the exoskeleton.
Source: Diseases Database
Arthropod: Members of the phylum Arthropoda of the animal kingdom, composed of organisms having a hard, jointed exoskeleton and paired jointed legs, and including among other classes, the ARACHNIDA and INSECTS, many species of which are important medically as parasites or as vectors of organisms capable of causing disease in man. (Dorland, 27th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
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Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Arthropod into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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