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Laverania (medicine)


Laverania
Old generic name for malaria-causing and Other haematozoan protozoa. Laverania falciparum is a distinctive generic name for Plasmodium falciparum, and is preferred by some who believe that crescentic gametocytes should be the basis for classifying the causal agent of falciparum malaria in a separate genus.

See: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus.

Origin: C. Laveran, Fr. Protozoologist and Nobel laureate, 1845-1922


bully 1, noun (oh)



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[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: bully 'lover, someone who controls a prostitute' (16-19 centuries), probably from Dutch boel 'lover']
someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker
::Bullies are often cowards.