See Also: Brugia malayi(medicine)
Wuchereria malayi(medicine)
brugia(medicine)
brugia pahangi(medicine)

iontophoresis (iou) and Brugia malayi (medicine)


iontophoresis (iou)



iontophoresis noun. E20.
[from Greek iont-, ION pres. pple of ienai go + -O- + -PHORESIS.]
Medicine. = CATAPHORESIS 1, spec. for the passage of ions into the body.
iontophoretic adjective of, pertaining to, or employing iontophoresis M20.
iontophoretically adverb by means of iontophoresis M20.

Brugia malayi (medicine)


brugia malayi


A species of parasitic nematode causing malayan filariasis and having a distribution centreing roughly on the malay peninsula. The life cycle of b. Malayi is similar to that of wuchereria bancrofti, except that in most areas the principal mosquito vectors belong to the genus mansonia.