falciparum
Meanings
noun
- The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria
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Etymology
From Latin falc- (“sickle, scythe”) + -i- + Latin -parum (“-parous”), from Latin parere (“bring forth, bear”).
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