| sporozoa | Nonmotile parasitic protozoa. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| sporozoan | 1. An individual organism of the class Sporozoea. Synonym: sporozoon. 2. Relating to the Sporozoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sporozoasida | A class of homoxenous or heteroxenous parasitic protozoa exhibiting both sexual and asexual phases. Locomotion is by body flexion, gliding, or undulations of longitudinal ridges. Pseudopods, if present, are used only for feeding. It comprises three subclasses: gregarinia, coccidia, and piroplasmia. (12 Dec 1998) |