any disease of domestic and other animals caused by introcellular parasitic protozoa of the order Coccidia. One species, Isospora hominis, can infect humans
Word origin
C19: from New Latin; see coccus, -osis
coccidiosis in American English
(kɑkˌsɪdiˈoʊsɪs)
noun
a contagious intestinal disease of domestic and wild animals, birds, and, rarely, people, caused by members of an order (Coccidia) of sporozoans living as parasites in the intestines