- toxoplasmas
- n. type of parasitic microorganism that cause diseases among vertebrates
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
toxoplasmas
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toxoplasma — toxoplasmic, adj. /tok seuh plaz meuh/, n., pl. toxoplasmata / meuh teuh/, toxoplasmas. any protist of the genus Toxoplasma, esp. T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. [ < NL Toxoplasma (1909); see TOXO , PLASMA] * * * … Universalium
pseudocyst — 1. An accumulation of fluid in a cystlike loculus, but without an epithelial or other membranous lining. SYN: adventitious cyst, false cyst. 2. A cyst whose wall is formed by a host cell and not by a parasite. 3. A … Medical dictionary
Sabin-Feldman dye test — (for toxoplasmosis) a serologic test based on the failure of living toxoplasmas, in the presence of specific antibody and accessory factor, to take up methylene blue dye … Medical dictionary
