Medical Definition of Hepatocystis

1. A genus of blood-parasitizing haemosporines (family Plasmodiidae) with gametocytes in red cells and cystlike exoerythrocytic schizonts in the liver parenchyma; parasitic in Old World primates, bats, and squirrels, but not in domestic animals or in the western hemisphere. The species Hepatocystis kochi, a common parasite of African baboons and other monkeys, is transmitted by the biting midge, Culicoides. Origin: hepato-+ G. Kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hepatocystis

Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Henry le Chatelier
Hensen's canal
Hensen's cell
Hensen's disk
Hensen's duct
Hensen's knot
Hensen's line
Hensen's node
Hensen's stripe
Hensing's ligament
Henson
Hepaticae
Hepaticopsida
Hepatocystis (current term)
Hepatozoon
Hepburn
Hepburnian
Hephaestos
Hephaestus
Hephaistos
Hephaistus
Hephestos
Hephestus
Hephthalite
Hephthalites
Hephzibah
Hephæstos
Hephæstus

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