ENDOPLASM
The inner granular zone of cytoplasm which comprises the
greater mass of the cell.
ENDOPLASMIC
A protoplasmic network of ultramicroscopic filaments in the
RETICULUM
endoplasm of the cell.
EPIDEMIC
A disease of high incidence which attacks many people in a
region at the same time.
EPIMASTIGOTE
A form of the Trypanosomatidae with a flagellum attached to
a short undulating membrane extending forward from a
kinetoplast which is just anterior to the nucleus.
EPIZOOTIC
A high incidence of infection among animals other than
human.
ERYTHROCYTIC
That stage in the life cycle of the malarial parasite where
PHASE
merozoites leave the liver cells to penetrate erythrocytes and
become established in the blood.
ESPUNDIA
A disease caused by Leishmania braziliensis.
EUCARYOTE
A cell containing a membrane-bound nucleus.
EXFLAGELLATION
The rapid formation of microgametes from a
microgametocyte of the Plasmodia, usually taking place in
the gut of the mosquito.
EXOERYTHROCYTIC
A stage in the life of the malarial parasite in which the
PHASE
organism becomes established in the hepatic cells and
continues subsequent liver cycles.
F
FACULTATIVE
A free living organism that will establish a parasitic
PARASITE
relationship with the host only if the opportunity presents
itself.
FEBRILE PAROXYSM
Sudden recurrence or intensification of fever as with malaria.
FEULGEN REACTION
A microchemical reaction demonstrating the presence of the
specific type of nucleic acid found in chromatin.
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