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protozoology

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pro·to·zo·ol·o·gy  (prt-z-l-j)
n.
The biological study of protozoans.

proto·zoo·logi·cal (-z-lj-kl) adj.
proto·zo·olo·gist n.

protozoology [ˌprəʊtəʊzəʊˈɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the branch of biology concerned with the study of protozoans
protozoological  [ˌprəʊtəʊˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
protozoologist  n

protozoology  (prt-z-l-j)
The scientific study of protozoans.

protozoology
the study of protozoa, especially of those that cause disease. — protozoological, adj.protozoologist, n.
See also: Biology
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Noun1.protozoology - the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals


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In addition to the basic preventive medicine course and postgraduate roentgenology course, the school now offered a 14 week postgraduate session in preventive medicine which included instruction in bacteriology, personal hygiene, protozoology, immunology, epidemiology, helminthology, entomology, chemistry, and vital statistics.
That Dutchman Anton van Leeuwenhoek is the founder of bacteriology and protozoology (the study of protozoa--the name for animal-like single-celled organisms)?
 
 
 
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