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coccidium

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coc·cid·i·um  (kk-sd-m)
n. pl. coc·cid·i·a (--)
Any of various parasitic protozoans belonging to the order Coccidia and responsible for a disease of the alimentary canal in livestock, fowl, and humans.
[New Latin Coccidium, former genus name : coccus + -idium, diminutive suff. (from Greek -idion).]
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Noun1.coccidium - parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
eimeria
sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan
Coccidia, order Coccidia - an order in the subclass Telosporidia


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