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malaria pigment

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malaria pigment [mə′ler·ē·ə ‚pig·mənt]
(pathology)
Dark-brown, amorphous, microcrystalline and birefringent pigment found in parasitized erythrocytes, especially with malarial parasites, and in littoral phagocytes of spleen, liver, and bone marrow.
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