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sporozoon
Variant of sporozoan
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
adjective
of the sporozoans
also sporozoic
Related Forms:
- sporozoal adjective
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