sporozoa

Variant of sporozoan

sporozoan definition

spo·ro·zoan (spôr′ə zō′ən)

noun

any of a class (Sporozoa) of parasitic protozoans that usually pass through phases of both sexual and asexual generation, frequently in different hosts, during which sporogenesis takes place, including the organisms that cause malaria and Texas fever
also sporozoon spo′·ro·zo′on (-zō′än, -ən)

Etymology: < ModL Sporozoa (see sporo- & -zoa + -an

adjective

of the sporozoans
also sporozoic spo′·ro·zo′ic

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