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coccidium

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[kok-sid-ee-uhm] / kɒkˈsɪd i əm /

noun

Microbiology.

any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.

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noun

coccidia

plural

Etymology

Origin of coccidium

< New Latin Coccidium, originally a genus name; see coccus, -idium

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