See Also: Balantidium suis(medicine)
Balantidium(health)
balantidium(medicine)
Balantidium coli(medicine)
Haemophilus suis(medicine)
Eperythrozoon suis(medicine)
Trichomonas suis(medicine)
Trypanosoma suis(medicine)
Brucella suis(medicine)
streptococcus suis(medicine)

away 1, adverb (oh) and Balantidium suis (medicine)


away 1, adverb (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: onweg, aweg, from on + weg 'way']
used to say that someone leaves a place or person, or stays some distance from a place or person
::Go away!
::Dinah was crying as she drove slowly away.
away from
::Stay away from the fire.
towards a different direction
::She turned away and stared out of the window.
::Charley blushed and looked away, embarrassed.
if someone is away from school, work, or Home, they are not there
-synonym absent absent
::Simon is away with flu.
::Kate is away on holiday.
away from
::You must bring a note from your parents if you've been away from school.
used to say how far it is to a place or thing
five miles/10 feet etc away
::Geneva is about 20 miles away.
::There's another hotel not far away.
away from
::She was sitting ten feet away from the microphone.
five minutes/two hours etc away
::The beach is only five minutes away (=it only takes five minutes to get there) .
if an event is two days, three weeks etc away, it will happen after that period of time has passed
::Christmas is only a month away.
used to say how close someone is to achieving something or experiencing something
away from
::At one stage, they were just two points away from victory.
into or in a safe or enclosed place
::Put your money away, I'm paying.
::Thousands of archaeological treasures are being kept hidden away.
used to show that something disappears or is removed
::The Music died away.
::Ruben gave all his money away to charity.
::Support for the Democrats has dropped away.
::Cut away all the dead wood.
used to emphasize that an action continues
::Sue was singing away to herself in the bath.
::They've been hammering away all day.
used to say that someone spends the whole of a period of time doing something
::You can Dance the night away in one of Benidorm's many discos.
if a team is playing away, it is playing a game at its opponent's field or Sports hall
-opposite at Home at Home
::Liverpool are playing away at Everton on Saturday.
-see also far and away at far 1 (12), right away at right 3 (2), straight away at straight 1 (7)

Balantidium suis (medicine)


Balantidium suis


A species originally considered distinct from the ciliate parasite of man, Balantidium coli, but now considered synonymous with it; nonpathogenic in swine.