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vivax malaria

[vahy-vaks]

noun Pathology.

the most common form of malaria, caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax and marked by the occurrence of attacks every other day.

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Origin of vivax malaria

1940–45; < New Latin (Plasmodium) vivax the protozoan species, Latin vīvāx long-lived, lively; see vivacity
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Medicine definitions for vivax malaria

vivax malaria

n.

Malaria in which the paroxysms recur every third day, counting inclusively, and are induced by the release of merozoites and their invasion of new red blood cells.tertian malaria
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