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Coccidia — oocysts Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom … Wikipedia
Coccidia — noun an order in the subclass Telosporidia • Syn: ↑order Coccidia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Telosporidia, ↑subclass Telosporidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
coccidia — coccidium coccidium n.; pl. {coccidia}. (Microbiol.) any sporozoan of the order {Coccidia}, parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates. It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a problem in poultry … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Coccidia — A subclass of important protozoa (class Sporozoea, phylum Apicomplexa) in which the mature trophozoites are small and typically intracellular; schizogony and sporogony can occur in the same host, in contrast to the gregarines ( … Medical dictionary
coccidia — Plural of coccidium. * * * coc·cid·ia käk sid ē ə n pl 1) cap a large order of schizogonic telosporidian sporozoans typically parasites of the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates and including several forms of great… … Medical dictionary
coccidia — [kɒk sɪdɪə] plural noun Biology parasitic protozoans of a group responsible for toxoplasmosis and other diseases. [Suborder Eimeriorina.] Derivatives coccidian adjective &noun coccidiosis noun Origin C19: from mod. L. (former order name), from Gk … English new terms dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Eimeriidae — noun a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia • Syn: ↑family Eimeriidae • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coccidia, ↑order Coccidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
coccidium — /kok sid ee euhm/, n., pl. coccidia / sid ee euh/. Microbiol. any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis. [ < NL Coccidium, orig. a genus name; see COCCUS, IDIUM] * * … Universalium
family Eimeriidae — noun a family of protoctist in the order Coccidia • Syn: ↑Eimeriidae • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coccidia, ↑order Coccidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
