Balantidium (redirected from Balantidium coli)

Balantidium /Bal·an·tid·i·um/ (bal?an-tid´e-um) a genus of ciliated protozoa, including many species found in the intestine in vertebrates and invertebrates, including B. co´li, a common parasite of swine, rarely in humans, in whom it may cause dysentery.

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Bal·an·tid·i·um (bln-td-m)

n.

A genus of ciliates found in the digestive tract of vertebrates and invertebrates.

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Balantidium

a genus of ciliated protozoa, including many species found in the intestine in vertebrates and invertebrates, predominantly in primates, pigs and humans. See also balantidiasis.

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Balantidium coli

see balantidiasis.