Definition of Sporozoon

1. a parasitic one-celled animal [n -ZOA]

Medical Definition of Sporozoon

1. 1. An individual organism of the class Sporozoea. Synonym: sporozoon. 2. Relating to the Sporozoea. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporozoon

sporotrichoses
sporotrichosis
sporotrichositic chancre
sporozoa
sporozoal
sporozoans
sporozoea infections
sporozoic
sporozoid
sporozoids
sporozoites
sporozooid
sporozoon (current term)
sporran
sporrans
sport car
sport coat
sport fish
sport jacket
sport kite
sport shirt
sport stacking
sport utility
sport utility vehicle
sport utility vehicles
sportabilities

Literary usage of Sporozoon

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"A Nasal sporozoon.—JONATHAN WRIGHT (New York Med. Jour., December 21, 1907) discusses, describes, and depicts the microscopic findings in a nasal ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"... need not be insisted on, for its possible bearing on the rise and decline of epidemics of human and animal diseases is at once apparent. A NEW sporozoon ..."

3. Twentieth Century Practice: An International Encyclopedia of Modern Medical ...by Thomas Lathrop Stedman by Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1900)
"0, Forms of complete development of the crescent sporozoon ; within the capsule are ... 7, A mature sporozoon containing a very large number of sporozoites, ..."

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