Bancroft (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Bancroft's ..."
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Origin of bancrofti
Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Bancroft.
Sentence Examples
bancrofti is known to live in the lymphatic glands, and its embryos Microfilaria sanguinis hominis nocturna, passing by the thoracic duct, reach the blood-vessels and circulate in the blood.
bancrofti.
In the case of filariasis due to Filaria bancrofti, which is common throughout the Tropics, the embryos of the parasite are disseminated by various Culicinae and Anophelinae (Culex pipiens in Queensland; C. fatigans in the West Indies; Myzomyia rossii in India; Pyretophorus costalis in a large portion of tropical Africa; &c.).