noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria
2. 2
   parasitic spore-forming protozoan wordnet

Etymology

Sporozoa + -an

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