IMPALUDISM
\ɪmpˈaluːdˌɪzəm], \ɪmpˈaluːdˌɪzəm], \ɪ_m_p_ˈa_l_uː_d_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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By Alexander Duane
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Morbid state, with tendency to intermittent fevers& enlargement of spleen, found in dwellers in marshes. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Malarial cachexia; marsh-poisoning.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).