vivax

vivax
vi·vax (vīʹvăks) n.
1. The protozoan (Plasmodium vivax) that causes the most common form of malaria.
2. Malaria caused by this protozoan, characterized by the occurrence of febrile paroxysms about every 48 hours.
  [From New Latin vīvāx, specific epithet, from Latin, lively. See vivacious.]

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