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单词 Sporozoa
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Definition of Sporozoa in English:

Sporozoa

plural noun ˌspɒrəˈzəʊəˌspôrəˈzōə
Zoology Medicine
  • A phylum of mainly parasitic spore-forming protozoans that have a complex life cycle with sexual and asexual generations. They include the organisms that cause malaria, babesiosis, coccidiosis, and toxoplasmosis.

    Also called Apicomplexa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Sporozoa were comprised of a number of parasitic protozoans and were generally characterized by a lack of characters.
    • Another example is Sporozoa, which exemplify the opposing selective forces that act on cell size and genome size in extracellular versus intracellular parasites.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from spore + Greek zōia 'animals'.

 
 

Definition of Sporozoa in US English:

Sporozoa

plural nounˌspôrəˈzōə
Medicine Zoology
  • A phylum of mainly parasitic spore-forming protozoans that have a complex life cycle with sexual and asexual generations. They include the organisms that cause malaria, babesiosis, coccidiosis, and toxoplasmosis.

    Also called Apicomplexa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Sporozoa were comprised of a number of parasitic protozoans and were generally characterized by a lack of characters.
    • Another example is Sporozoa, which exemplify the opposing selective forces that act on cell size and genome size in extracellular versus intracellular parasites.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from spore + Greek zōia ‘animals’.

 
 
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