单词 | aestivo-autumnal |
释义 | aestivo-autumnaladj. Medicine. Now chiefly historical. Designating falciparum malaria, which occurs most commonly in late summer and autumn in temperate regions. Also: of, relating to, or affected with falciparum malaria. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > malaria > types of subtertian1869 aestivo-autumnal1890 falciparum1930 vivax1930 1890 tr. A. Celli in Med. Age 8 440/2 As the result of an excessively warm summer, fevers similar to our æstivo-autumnal fevers were observed in 1826 on the German coast of the Baltic Sea. 1912 L. O. Howard & F. Knab Mosquitoes N. & Central Amer. & W. Indies 234 As we approach the equator we meet more rarely with the milder forms [of malaria] and more frequently with the severe and often fatal æstivo-autumnal variety. 1942 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 42 133/1 He may have fallen a victim to the estivo-autumnal fever which strikes at irregular intervals or may even be almost constant. 2002 Internat. Jrnl. Parasitol. 32 1647/1 He confirmed his findings in the blood of a Aestivo-autumnal (P. falciparum) patient. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1890 |
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