- sporozoans
- n. parasitic microorganism which produces spores during the asexual stage of its life cycle (Zoology)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
sporozoans
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sporozoa — spo·ro·zoa .spōr ə zō ə, .spȯr n pl 1) cap a large class of strictly parasitic protozoans that pass through a complicated life cycle usu. involving alternation of a sexual with an asexual generation, that often require two or more dissimilar… … Medical dictionary
Sporozoa — n. a group of parasitic protozoans that includes Plasmodium, the malaria parasite. Most sporozoans do not have cilia or flagella. Sporozoan life cycles are complex and usually involve both sexual and asexual stages. Some sporozoans are parasites… … The new mediacal dictionary
Protozoa — A single cell organism that can only divide within a host organism. Malaria is caused by a protozoa: Plasmodium. Other protozoan parasites Giardia and Toxoplasma. * * * Formerly considered a phylum, now regarded as a subkingdom of the animal… … Medical dictionary
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coccidia — Plural of coccidium. * * * coc·cid·ia käk sid ē ə n pl 1) cap a large order of schizogonic telosporidian sporozoans typically parasites of the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates and including several forms of great… … Medical dictionary
conoid — 1. A cone shaped structure. 2. Part of the apical complex characteristic of the protozoan subphylum, Apicomplexa; seen in sporozoites, merozoites, or other developmental stages of sporozoans, less well developed in the piroplasms (families… … Medical dictionary
sporocyst — 1. A larval form of digenetic trematode (fluke) that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host, usually a snail; the s. forms a simple saclike structure with germinal cells that bud off internally and … Medical dictionary
toxoplasma — toxo·plas·ma .täk sə plaz mə n 1) cap a genus of sporozoans that are typically serious pathogens of vertebrates 2) pl mas or ma·ta mət ə also ma any microorganism of the genus Toxoplasma … Medical dictionary
merozoite — noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle • Hypernyms: ↑sporozoan * * * ˈzōˌīt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + Greek … Useful english dictionary
