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Definition of Microsporidian
1. Noun. Parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells.
Definition of Microsporidian
1. Noun. Any of many parasites, of the class ''Microsporidia'', that are very small fungi ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microsporidian
Literary usage of Microsporidian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"While examining mosquitoes in Pennsylvania and New York last summer, Kudo found
that the microsporidian infections of mosquitoes take a serious course, ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... which has been shown by Hesse (24) to be a true microsporidian, is placed by
Perez in this section, but this is a little premature, as Hesse does not ..."
3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Research efforts include: investigating bacterial, viral and microsporidian
pathogens on several forest insect pests and learning how environmental and ..."
4. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Infected eggs can be recognized by microscopic examination, as Pasteur showed,
and thus preventive measures may be adopted. A microsporidian parasite is ..."
5. The Britannica Year Book by Hugh Chisholm (1913)
"It is a minute microsporidian parasite, named by its discoverers Nosema apis,
and infesting the alimentary tract of the bee. A spore swallowed by a bee ..."
6. Protozoa and Disease by James Jackson Clarke (1903)
"... within the epithelial cells of the bladder. The- lohan, on the contrary,
thought that there was no intra- cellular stage. An example of a microsporidian ..."
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