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Quartan malaria
Malaria with short and less severe paroxysms. Sporulation occurs each 72 hr, causing seizures every 4 days. It is caused by Plasmodium malariae.
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Falciparum malaria
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum. It is more prevalent in the tropics. Symptoms are more severe than in other types but it runs a shorter course without relapses. The most critical type of malaria is caused by the parasitic microorganism known as Plasmodium falciparum.
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Double quartan malaria
Malaria in which two concurrent cycles result in fever occurring on two successive days.
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Cryptic malaria
A case of malaria for which the source of exposure cannot be found.
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Cerebral malaria
Falciparum malaria in which the brain is affected. This fulminant disease often produces coma, shock, or sudden death. Cerebral malaria, a life-threatening complication of malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, specifically targets the brain and induces a state of unconsciousness.
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Malacotomy
Incision of soft areas of the body, especially of the abdominal wall.
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Malacoplakia
Existence of soft patches in mucous membrane of a hollow organ.
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Age of majority
The age-usually 18 or 21 years -at which a person achieves full legal rights to make one’s own decisions, enter into contracts, and be held personally accountable for the consequences of one’s actions.
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Maitake
An edible mushroom, Grifola frondosa, also known as hen of the woods, used in traditional Asian medicine as an immune booster. Its effectiveness as a therapy has not been proved in human studies.
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Maintenance of wakefulness test
An assessment of excessive daytime sleepiness in which the subject is asked to remain awake while resting comfortably in a quiet, dark room.
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