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culicine — I. ˈkyüləˌsīn, sə̇n adjective Etymology: New Latin Culic , Culex + English ine : of, involving, or affecting mosquitoes of Culex or many related genera (as Aedes) compare … Useful english dictionary
culicine — cu·li·cine … English syllables
culex — culicine /kyooh leuh suyn , sin/, adj. /kyooh leks/, n., pl. culices / leuh seez /. any of numerous mosquitoes constituting the widespread genus Culex, distinguished by the habit in the adult of holding the body parallel to the feeding or resting … Universalium
Philip James Barraud — (1879 1948), was an English entomologist who specialised in mosquitoes. He worked in Iraq and India where he invented the Barraud cage (a box of made of muslin or organdie suspended on a wire frame placed inside insulators containing wet towels)… … Wikipedia
Fever — 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.).… … Medical dictionary
Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… … Medical dictionary
Toxorhynchite — Toxorhynchites Toxorhynchites … Wikipédia en Français
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Toxorhynchitinae — Toxorhynchites Toxorhynchites … Wikipédia en Français
Plasmodium — The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single celled organism able to divide only within a host cell. * * * A genus of the protozoan family Plasmodidae (suborder Haemosporina, subclass Coccidia) … Medical dictionary
