Definisjon av sporozoan

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Noun

sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan
protozoan, protozoon any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
class sporozoa, sporozoa strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
sporozoite one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
trophozoite a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
merozoite a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
coccidium, eimeria parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
gregarine vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates
haemosporidian minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
malaria parasite, plasmodium vivax, plasmodium parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans
haemoproteid related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds
leucocytozoan, leucocytozoon parasitic in birds
piroplasm minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian parasite of the muscles of vertebrates
haplosporidian parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance
actinomyxidian parasites of worms
microsporidian parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells
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Substantiv

sporozoan - Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria.

Substantiv

  • Entall: sporozoan
  • Flertall: sporozoans

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