Sand:

Terms Related to Sand

• Sand Bath

  Treatment by application of hot sand.

• Sand Rat

  A subfamily of the Muridae consisting of several genera including Gerbillus, Rhombomys, Tatera, Meriones, and Psammomys.

• Sand Dollar

  Somewhat flattened, globular echinoderms of the class Echinoidea, having thin, brittle shells of calcareous plates.

• Sand Fly

  Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.

• Egyptian Sand Piper Venom

  Venoms from snakes of the viperid family. They tend to be less toxic than elapid or hydrophid venoms and act mainly on the vascular system, ...

• Ammotherapy

  Treatment by application of hot sand.

• Clam

  Equivalved edible marine mollusks that live wholly or partially in sand or mud. Some genera are Mya, Venus, and Mactra.