coccidia
noun plural
coc·cid·ia
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Medical 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
Other Words from coccidia
coccidial
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(ˈ)käk-ˈsid-ē-əl
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adjective
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adjective
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“Coccidia.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/coccidia. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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