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Malaria — 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… … Medical dictionary
quotidian — 1. adjective /kwəˈtɪdɪən/ a) Recurring every twenty four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms etc.). Quotidian periodicity we find in greater or less degree in nearly all fevers, particularly in fevers associated with suppuration. b)… … Wiktionary
quotidian fever — see malaria * * * a fever that recurs every day, such as quotidian malaria … Medical dictionary
Quotidiān — (lat.), täglich; Quotidianfieber, täglich eintretendes Wechselfieber (s. Malaria, S. 161) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
quotidian — /kwəˈtɪdiən/ (say kwuh tideeuhn) adjective 1. daily. 2. everyday; ordinary. 3. Medicine a. (of an illness, especially malaria) characterised by paroxysms which recur daily. b. (of a fever) spiking once a day. –noun Obsolete 4. something recurring …
malaria — In humans, the set of diseases caused by infection by protozoans of the genus Plasmodium. P. vivax causes the tertian type, P. malariae the quartan type and P. falciparum the quotidian or irregular type of disease, the names referring to the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
quotidian — [kwɒ tɪdɪən, kwəʊ ] adjective 1》 daily. 2》 ordinary or everyday. 3》 Medicine denoting the malignant form of malaria. Origin ME: via OFr. from L. quotidianus, earlier cotidianus, from cotidie daily … English new terms dictionary
quotidian fever — see malaria … The new mediacal dictionary
vivax 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… … Medical dictionary
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
