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Malaria Parasite

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Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium (syn. Haematozoon) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of the mosquito, produce malaria.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Malaria Parasite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/malaria-parasite.html. 1828.
 
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