Definition of Infusorian

1. Noun. Any member of the subclass Infusoria.

Generic synonyms: Ciliate, Ciliated Protozoan, Ciliophoran
Group relationships: Infusoria, Subclass Infusoria

Definition of Infusorian

1. n. One of the Infusoria.

Definition of Infusorian

1. Noun. any member of the infusoria ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infusorian

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Infusorian

1. One of the Infusoria. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infusorian

infusibleness
infusiblenesses
infusing
infusion
infusion-aspiration drainage
infusion graft
infusion pumps
infusionism
infusionist
infusionists
infusions
infusive
infusodecoction
infusoria
infusorial
infusorian (current term)
infusorians
infusories
infusory
infy
ing
inga
ingage
ingan
ingang
ingangs
ingannation
ingans
ingate
ingates

Literary usage of Infusorian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Examination of Waters and Water Supplies by John Clough Thresh (1913)
"A ciliate infusorian. 4. One of the Heliozoa. SK Protozoa. ... Gelatinous mass of bacteria. 11. Euglena viridis. A ciliate infusorian. 12. ..."

2. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1905)
"The infusorian that enters the alimentary tract, but escape again from it, ... An infusorian, though it enter the blood stream, is not pathogenic if it does ..."

3. Applied Eugenics by Paul Bowman Popenoe, Roswell Hill Johnson (1918)
"But study of a one-celled animal, an infusorian, for example, reveals that when it reaches a certain age it pinches in two, and each half becomes an ..."

4. Mind in Nature: Or The Origin of Life, and the Mode of Development of Animals by Henry James Clark (1865)
"30); much more even than a similar view of Paramecium (fig. 97). The extreme of obliquity in this type is best exemplified in a minute marine infusorian ..."

5. The Unity of the Organism; Or, The Organismal Conception of Life by William Emerson Ritter (1919)
"Stein's conception of the adult infusorian as contrasted with the embryonic infusorian was probably influenced by his having mistaken an ..."

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