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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body. (references) |
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Crosswords: BALANTIDIUM |
| Specialty definitions using "BALANTIDIUM": Balantidiasis. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Balantidium coli cyst with Trichuris egg inside. Unstained wet mount. Protozoon, roundworm, nematode, parasite. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Balantidium coli, a large ciliated protozoan parasite. (references) | |
Dientamoeba fragilis, Isospora belli, Balantidium coli, or Strongyloides stercoralis may cause occasional cases of TD. While not major causes of acute TD, these parasites should be sought in persisting, unexplained cases. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
balantidium coli | 31 |
balantidium | 8 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-i-l-m-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: multiband. | |
-3 letters: ambulant, bimanual, labdanum, minutial. | |
-4 letters: albumin, alumina, bulimia, inbuilt, intimal, ladanum, matilda, matinal, maudlin, minilab, minutia, nautili, tabanid, tamandu. | |
-5 letters: ablaut, abulia, aidman, alumin, alumna, alumni, amidin, animal, audial, baalim, badman, bandit, bantam, batman, diamin, indaba, indium, indult, inlaid, intima, labium, lambda, lamina, landau, limina, lumina, manila, manitu, mantid, mantua, manual, miladi. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4C 41 4E 54 49 44 49 55 4D |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-.. .- -. - .. -.. .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001100 01000001 01001110 01010100 01001001 01000100 01001001 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A L A N T I D I U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004C 0041 004E 0054 0049 0044 0049 0055 004D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3635463548544338435547 |
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