coccidia

coc·cid·ia

noun pl \käk-ˈsid-ē-ə\

Definition of COCCIDIA

1

capitalized : a large order of schizogonic telosporidian sporozoans typically parasites of the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates and including several forms of great economic importance—see cryptosporidium, eimeria, haemogregarina, isospora

2

: sporozoans of the order Coccidia

—coc·cid·i·al \(ˈ)käk-ˈsid-ē-əl\ adjective