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Wuchereria (medicine) and extinct(2) (iou)


Wuchereria (medicine)


wuchereria


A genus of filarial nematodes.


extinct(2) (iou)



extinct adjective (orig. pa. pple). LME.
[Latin ex(s)tinctus pa. pple of ex(s)tinguere, formed as EX-1 1 + stinguere quench.]
Of a fire, light, candle, etc.: extinguished; no longer burning. LME.
R. Byfield It tooke fire..but was quickly extinct. J. Galsworthy He would sit..brooding.., a cigar extinct between his lips.
b. Of life, hope, disease, or anything compared to a light or fire: ended, no longer existing; devoid of any brilliance or light. L15.
R. Lehmann His voice was flat..and his eyes looked extinct.
c. Of a volcano: no longer erupting, having lost its capacity to erupt. M19.
extinct volcano fig. a person who has lost the energy, reputation, etc., he or she once possessed.
Of a person: blotted out of existence; no longer living. L15-L17.
No longer used, recognized, etc.; discontinued, obsolete. Of a peerage or title: having no valid claimant. L15.
W. Cruise Such a power, though extinct at law, would..be enforced in equity.
That has died out: (a) (of a family, race, etc.) having no living representative; (b) (of a species etc.) no longer surviving in the world at large or in a given locality. L17.
C. Darwin Megatherium, Toxodon, and Other extinct monsters.