dysphemism (iou) and Hepatocystis (medicine)

dysphemism (iou)

dysphemism noun. L19.
[from DYS- after euphemism.]
The substitution of a derogatory or unpleasant term for a pleasant or neutral one; a term so used. Opp. EUPHEMISM.
dysphe'mistic adjective M20.

Hepatocystis

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

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