Definition of Infusory

1. a. Infusorial.

2. n. One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.

Definition of Infusory

1. Noun. (zoology) One of the Infusoria. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infusory

1. containing minute organisms [adj]

Medical Definition of Infusory

1. Infusorial. One of the Infusoria; usually in the pl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infusory

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

Literary usage of Infusory

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

1. Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God in the by Henry Duncan (1847)
"infusory ANIMALCULES. ^ HAVING spoken of the wonders of the microscopic world, as a proof that there is nothing too little to be beneath the care of the ..."

2. A Theory of Creation by Francis Bowen (1845)
"... the origin of which is to be explained hereafter, now began to appear. Some sea-plants, zoophytes, infusory animalcules, and a few of the ..."

3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"On account of the difference in the perfection of structure between the two groups of infusory animals, they have been separated and placed in distinct ..."

4. The Odd Fellows' Magazine (1841)
"It may also be remarked that mould, properly speaking, is purely vegetable, and that the infusory animalcules which are so often seen amongst it, ..."

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