quartan malaria
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ma·lar·i·ae ma·lar·i·a
a malarial fever with paroxysms that typically recur every 72 hours or every fourth day, reckoning the day of the paroxysm as the first; due to the schizogony and release of merozoites from infected cells, with invasion of new red blood corpuscles by Plasmodium malariae.
Synonym(s): quartan fever, quartan malaria
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ma·lar·i·ae ma·la·ri·a
(mă-lar'ē-ē mă-lar'ē-ă)A malarial fever with paroxysms that recur every 72 hours or every fourth day, reckoning the day of the paroxysm as the first; due to the schizogony and release of merozoites from infected cells, with invasion of new red blood corpuscles by Plasmodium malariae.
Synonym(s): quartan malaria.
Synonym(s): quartan malaria.
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quartan malaria
Malaria with short and less severe paroxysms. Sporulation occurs each 72 hr, causing seizures every 4 days. It is caused by Plasmodium malariae.
See also: malaria
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