protozoon
Americannoun
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protozoa
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of protozoon
Singular of Protozoa
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He is convinced that human cancers are caused by a similar infection, though no active parasite, either bacterium or protozoon, has yet been found.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some symptoms of kala-azar are like those of malaria, but the invading parasite is different: a protozoon named Leishmania donovani.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cause of the disease is a trypanosome, protozoon which under the microscope resembles an auger.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Anopheline mosquito bites a person and injects the malaria organism, a protozoon about one-fifth the size of a red blood cell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance.
From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell
Organisms that can survive in this suspended, or anabiotic, state, Yarzábal explained, include not just extremophile bacteria but also viruses, fungi, protozoa and microscopic animals called nematodes.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
Bottom line: If you must have tropical milkweed, cut it down to the ground each fall before it goes to seed, to kill any overwintering protozoa and reduce its potential to spread to neighboring areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Food turns into compost through the hard work of small microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, and protozoa.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 26, 2023
You should make sure that you use only distilled, sterile or boiled water for your rinses, as tap water can contain small amounts of bacteria and protozoa that carry the risk of other infections.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
Scientists in Czechoslovakia are experimenting with protozoa against webworms and other insect pests, and in the United States a protozoan parasite has been found to reduce the egg- laying potential of the corn borer.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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