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21daily — daily, diurnal, quotidian, circadian mean of each or every day. Daily is used with reference to the ordinary con cerns and customary happenings of life {daily wants} {daily visits} {the daily newspaper} Sometimes however it implies an opposition… …
22Plasmodium — 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) …
23quartan — Recurring every fourth day, including the first day of an episode in the computation, i.e., after a free interval of two days. [L. quartanus, relating to a fourth (thing)] double q. denoting malaria infection with two independent groups of q.… …
24tertian — Recurring every third day, counting the day of an episode as the first; actually, occurring every 48 hours or every other day. [L. tertianus, fr. tertius, third] double t. denoting malarial infections with two different sets of organisms… …
25Canadian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced by Canadians. Reflecting the country s dual origin and its official bilingualism, the literature of Canada can be split into two major divisions: English and French. This article provides a brief… …
26cars and taxis — Despite the newfound prominence of the private sedan in post socialist China, the history of the motorized vehicle in China has been one marked by scorn, rejection and opprobrium. If the slick, latest model cars of the 1990s and the new… …
27Diurnal — Occurring in the daytime. A patient may have a diurnal fever rather than a nocturnal one. Diurnal also can refer to recurring every day. Pronounced die URN ul, it comes from the Latin dies for day, the root of many words including circadian… …
28semitertian — Partly tertian, partly quotidian; denoting a malarial fever in which two paroxysms occur on one day and one on the succeeding day …
29Mary Moody Emerson — (1774 1863) was known not only as her nephew Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “earliest and best teacher,” but also as a “spirited and original genius in her own right” (Richardson on back cover of Origins). Ralph Waldo Emerson considered her presence in… …
30quo|tid|i|an — «kwoh TIHD ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. reappearing daily; daily: »In quotidian matters this is not a smooth running country certainly not for the visitor who wants to make every day count; a travel agent, therefore, is worth his fee… …
