See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
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gametocide (medicine) and halt(1) (iou)


gametocide (medicine)


gametocide


An agent destructive of gametes, specifically the malarial gametocytes.

Origin: Gameto-+ L. Caedo, to kill


halt(1) (iou)



halt adjective. Now arch. & literary.
[Old English halt, healt = Old Frisian, Old Saxon halt, Old High German halz, Old Norse haltr, Gothic halts, from Germanic base of unkn. origin.]
Lame, limping; crippled. Now usu. absol.
P. Porter I'll never know with what halt steps You mounted to this plain eclipse. absol.: N. Barber The halt and the maimed..joined in as best they could.