Definition of Cnidosporidia

1. Noun. Single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates.


Medical Definition of Cnidosporidia

1. Synonym: Microsporida. Origin: G. Knide, nettle, sea nettle, + Mod. L., fr. G. Sporos, seed (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cnidosporidia

Clytemnestra
Clytocybe alba
Clœlius
Cmdre
Cnemidophorus
Cnemidophorus exsanguis
Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Cnemidophorus tigris
Cnemidophorus velox
Cnicus
Cnicus benedictus
Cnidoscolus
Cnidoscolus urens
Cnidospora
Cnidosporidia (current term)
Cnossos
Cnossus
Cnut
Cnutian
Co
Co-op
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Co.
CoA
CoAS-
CoA transferases
CoQ
Coahuila
Coales

Literary usage of Cnidosporidia

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

1. Pathogenic Micro-organisms: Including Bacteria and Protozoa; a Practical by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams (1905)
"The Cnidosporidia, or, as the whole group is still sometimes called, the myxosporidia, ... The Cnidosporidia are habitants of fishes, reptiles, arthropods, ..."

2. Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates by Patrick Manson (1914)
"The order is divided into two suborders: (1) the Cnidosporidia. characterized by the possession of rolar capsules, and penr- shaped bodies provided with a ..."

3. Protozoa and Disease by James Jackson Clarke (1903)
"The two former groups, which are closely allied, are by some authors united into one order termed ' Cnidosporidia,' because the spores of each are provided ..."

4. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"Some of the latter have recently been elevated to the rank of a separate class, Cnidosporidia, by the German parasitologist, Braun. ..."

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