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Kubrick, Stanley (oh) and malarial crescent (medicine)


Kubrick, Stanley (oh)



(1928-99), a US Film director, producer, and writer, whose films include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), and The Shining (1980)

malarial crescent (medicine)


malarial crescent


The male or female gametocyte(s) of Plasmodium falciparum, whose presence in human red blood cells is diagnostic of falciparum malaria.

Synonym: crescent, sickle form.

Myopic crescent, a white or grayish white crescentic area in the fundus of the eye located on the temporal side of the optic disk; caused by atrophy of the choroid, permitting the sclera to become visible.

Synonym: myopic conus.

Sublingual crescent, the crescent-shaped area on the floor of the mouth formed by the lingual wall of the mandible and the adjacent part of the floor of the mouth.