See Also: recrudescent typhus(medicine)
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mnemonic (iou) and recrudescent typhus (medicine)


mnemonic (iou)



mnemonic adjective & noun. M18.
[medieval Latin mnemonicus from Greek mnemonikos from mnemon, mnemon- mindful, from mna- base of mnasthai remember: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Intended or designed to aid the memory; of or pertaining to mnemonics. Also, (of a formula, code, etc.) easy to remember or understand. M18.
J. Auel His drawing was no more than a mnemonic aid to remind them of a place they knew. Computing Equipment Mnemonic option coding (opposed to numeric menus), and on-screen help messages.
2. Of or pertaining to memory. E19.
Gentleman's Magazine The mnemonic power of the late Professor Porson.
B. noun.
1. A mnemonic device, formula, or code. M19.
2. = MNEMONICS. M19.
mnemonical adjective = MNEMONIC adjective 1 M17.
mnemonically adverb M19.
mnemonician noun (rare) = MNEMONIST M19.
'mnemonize verb trans. express by a mnemonic formula M19.

recrudescent typhus (medicine)


recrudescent typhus -->
brill-zinsser disease
Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii) remains viable for many years and then when host defenses are down, it is reactivated causing recurrent typhus. The disease is named for the physician Nathan Brill and the great bacteriologist Hans Zinsser.