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vi·vax   (vī'vāks)   
n.  

  1. The protozoan (Plasmodium vivax) that causes the most common form of malaria.

  2. Malaria caused by this protozoan, characterized by the occurrence of febrile paroxysms about every 48 hours.


[From New Latin vīvāx, specific epithet, from Latin, lively; see vivacious.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1vi·vax
Pronunciation: 'vI-"vaks
Function: noun
: the malaria parasite (Plasmodium vivax) that causes vivax malaria

Main Entry: 2vivax
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, caused by, or being vivax or vivax malaria vivax type> vivax cases>
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vivax vi·vax (vī'vāks)
n.

  1. The protozoan (Plasmodium vivax) that causes the most common form of malaria.

  2. Vivax malaria.

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