benign tertian malaria
1benign tertian malaria — vivax m …
2Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …
3malaria — ague; = marsh fever; = periodic fever; = paludism; n. an infectious disease due to the presence of parasitic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, or P. vivax) within the red blood cells. The disease is… …
4History of malaria — The history of malaria predates humanity, as this ancient disease evolved before humans did. Malaria, a widespread and potentially lethal infectious disease, has afflicted people for much of human history, and has affected settlement patterns.… …
5vivax malaria — n malaria caused by a plasmodium (Plasmodium vivax) that induces paroxysms at 48 hour intervals compare FALCIPARUM MALARIA * * * malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax. Although this type is less severe than falciparum malaria, it can cause severe… …
6BTM — benign tertian malaria; blood temperature monitor; body temperature monitor …
7BTM — • benign tertian malaria; • blood temperature monitor; • body temperature monitor …
8Plasmodium species infecting humans and other primates — Taxobox color = khaki image caption = image width = regnum = Protista phylum = Apicomplexa classis = Aconoidasida ordo = Haemosporida familia = Plasmodiidae genus = Plasmodium subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Plasmodium bouillize… …
9Benignity — (from the Latin roots bene = well and genus = born ), a polyvalent term (refer ), is employed with a specific denotation as a medical term in medical discourse to describe a mild and nonprogressive sickness. The term is most familiar as a… …
10Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …
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