| MFH | Malignant Fibrous Histocytoma |
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| MH | Malignant Hyperthermia |
| NMS | Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome |
| CMM | cell-mediated mutagenesis; cutaneous malignant melanoma |
| EMP | electric membrane property; electromagnetic pulse; Embden-Meyerhof pathway; external membrane potent... |
| tertian | <medicine> Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. Origin: L. Tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce. 1. <medicine> A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. 2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. Origin: L. Tertiana (sc. Febris): cf. OF. Tertiane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tertian fever | <disease, microbiology> A type of malaria caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax, it isthe most common form of the disease, is rarely fatal but is the most difficult to cure, and is characterised by fevers that typically occur every other day. (11 Nov 1997) |
| tertian malaria | <disease, microbiology> A type of malaria caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax, it isthe most common form of the disease, is rarely fatal but is the most difficult to cure, and is characterised by fevers that typically occur every other day. (11 Nov 1997) |
| autistic parasite | A parasite descended from the tissues of the host. Synonym: autochthonous parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autochthonous parasite | A parasite descended from the tissues of the host. Synonym: autochthonous parasite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parasite | <biology> An organism which obtains food and shelter from another organism (for example Giardia). (27 Sep 1997) |
| parasite-host ecosystem | Complex of all parasite species and individuals associated with a specific host. Synonym: parasite-host ecosystem. Origin: parasite + G. Koinos, common, together (05 Mar 2000) |
| commensal parasite | See: commensal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterogenetic parasite | A parasite whose life cycle involves an alternation of generations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heteroxenous parasite | A parasite that has more than one obligatory host in its life cycle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| host-parasite relations | The interactions between two organisms, one of which lives at the expense of the other. (12 Dec 1998) |
| specific parasite | A parasite that habitually lives in its present host and is particularly adapted for the host species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stenoxous parasite | A parasite with a narrow or specific host range. (05 Mar 2000) |
| incidental parasite | A parasite that normally lives on a host other than its present host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| quartan parasite | A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity. (12 Dec 1998) |