vi|vax malaria

vi|vax malaria
vi|vax malaria «VY vaks»,
a common, persistent form of malaria in which the attacks occur about every 48 hours and may recur after months or years of inactivity.
[< New Latin vivax species name of the mosquito that transmits the disease]

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