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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