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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the corpora bigemina or twin bodies of the brain; one of the anterior pair (nates cerebri) of the corpora quadrigemina; one of the optic lobes, when there are only two, instead of four as in the higher mammals.
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In 1889, I studied with Nicolle P. bigeminum and P. ovis in the genus Piroplasma and described the forms of multiplication of these haematozoa.
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_The specific cause_ of tick fever is a protozoan parasite, _Piroplasma bigeminum_ (Fig. 122).
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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