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giardia, n. Bacteriol.|dʒɪˈɑːdɪə|
Also Giardia.
[a. mod.L. genus name Giardia (M. J. Kunstler 1882, in Compt. Rend. XCV. 349), f. the name of Alfred Giard (1846–1908), French biologist: see -ia1.]
A flagellate protozoan, Giardia lamblia, which sometimes inhabits the intestinal tract of mammals; also, any member of this genus. Cf. *giardiasis n.
1921Amer. Jrnl. Hygiene I. 449 One asks oneself whether the resulting chromatin filaments may not serve to regenerate the posterior flagella of the daughter giardias within the cyst. 1944E. C. Warner Savill's Syst. Clin. Med. (ed. 12) xi. 373 Lamblia intestinalis (Giardia) is a frequent inhabitant of the small intestine. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xix. 5/1 The necessary cross-infection experiments have not been done to determine whether it is the same or different species of Giardia which occur in the various hosts. 1984Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Aug. 499/2 This dramatic response makes the diagnosis of giardia infection almost certain. |