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vivax

vivax noun: malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.

Noun

vivax (uncountable)

  1. Malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
    • Thus, the usefulness of chloroquine or other blood stage prophylaxis in complete prevention of vivax is very limited (it might have some value only in areas where the relapse rate is very low), and it should not be regarded as a vivax prophylaxis.2009, Eli Schwartz, Tropical Diseases in Travelers, page 225

Words formed from vivax

Questions about vivax

What does vivax mean?
Vivax means malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax.
What part of speech is vivax?
Vivax is a noun.

Words near vivax in the dictionary

  1. vivary
  2. vivas
  3. vivat
  4. Vivation
  5. vivats
  6. vivax
  7. vivax malaria
  8. vivaxes
  9. vivaxis
  10. vivda
  11. vive

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