Falciparum

//falˈsɪ.pə.ɹəm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria uncountable

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"The report warns that the parasite Plasmodium falciparum — which causes the most lethal form of human malaria — is becoming resistant to the first-choice drug, DHA-piperaquine, in parts of Southeast Asia, with patients seeing a failure rate of 50 percent or more."

Etymology

Contemporary Latin, from falx (“scythe”) + par (“equal to”) + -um

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falciparum malariaplasmodium falciparum

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