hematozoon

[hi-mat-uh-zoh-on, -uhn, hee-muh-tuh-, hem-uh-]

noun

plural

hematozoa 

1. a parasitic protozoan that lives in the blood.

Other Word Forms

• hematozoal adjective
• hematozoic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hematozoon¹

First recorded in 1885–90; hemato- + -zoon