See Also: haemosporidium(medicine)

verticity (iou) and haemosporidium (medicine)


verticity (iou)



verticity noun. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
[mod. Latin verticitas, from Latin vertic- stem of vertex: see VERTEX, -ITY.]
The faculty (of a magnetic needle etc.) of turning towards a vertex or pole; magnetization; an instance of this. E17.
The power of turning or revolving; rotation, revolution. M17.

haemosporidium (medicine)


haemosporidium


A blood parasite of the order Haemosporidia.

Origin: haemo-+ Mod. L. Dim. Of G. Sporos, seed