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coccidiosis definition

coc·cidi·o·sis (käk sid′ē ō′sis)

noun

a contagious intestinal disease of domestic and wild animals, birds, and, rarely, people, caused by members of an order (Coccidia) of sporozoans living as parasites in the intestines

Etymology: ModL < coccidium, little berry + -osis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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