maggot therapy

English

Noun

maggot therapy (uncountable)

A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.

Translations

type of biotherapy

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蛆蟲療法／蛆虫疗法 (qūchóng liáofǎ), 蛆療法／蛆疗法 (qūliáofǎ), 蛆療／蛆疗 (qūliáo)
Finnish: toukkahoito, toukkaterapia (fi)
French: asticothérapie (fr) f
German: Madentherapie (de) f
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: личинкотерапи́я (ru) f (ličinkoterapíja)
Spanish: terapia larval f

See also

fish therapy

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