Medical Dictionary

coccidia

noun pl coc·cid·ia \käk-ˈsid-ē-ə\

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

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