See Also: virago(dictionary)
virago(dictionary)
virago(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
malarial(medicine)
malarial(dictionary)
malarial cachexia(medicine)
malarial knobs(medicine)
malarial crescent(medicine)
malarial pigment(medicine)

malarial pigment (medicine) and virago (oh)


malarial pigment (medicine)


malarial pigment


A dark brown, granular pigment which rotates the plane of polarised light and has Other properties similar to formalin pigment; occurs in parasites, such as Plasmodium malariae, around brain capillaries, and in fixed macrophages of spleen, liver, bone marrow, and lymph nodes.

See: malarial pigment stain.


virago (oh)



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[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: vir 'man']
formal an offensive word for an angry woman who often argues with people