paludic

comparative more paludic · superlative most paludic

1. alternativeAlternative form of paludal.

   The form of the paludic ameba is spherical when it is big and strong.

   1908, George Milbry Gould, Borderland studies

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   The paludic soils, coded "Pt," characterize peat accumulated in fen, transitional, or bog mire ecosystems.

   2002, Leon Etienne Parent, Piotr Ilnicki, Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture, →ISBN, page 2

2. obsoleteSynonym of malarial.

   Quinine, for example, was a known treatment for malaria and other 'bilious fevers of a paludic nature'.

   2017, Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World

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   The six forms of it studied successively by the author are : paludic orchidalgia, orchitis of the neuralgic form, hemorrhagic orchitis complicated with paludism, primitive paludic orchitis, chronic paludic orchitis, and paludic urethritis.

   1885, New York Medical Abstract

   The principle explaining the transmission of paludic diseases through the introduction of the protozoa into the body of the Anopheles, and consequently into the vertebrate animals is universally accepted.

   1907, Public Health Papers and Reports - Volume 32, Part 1, page 115

   Synonyms: malarial