Sporozoa

Spo·ro·zo·a (spôr-z) or Spo·ro·zo·e·a (-z-)

n.

A large class of parasitic protozoa, most of which reproduce sexually and asexually in alternate generations by means of spores. They are frequently transmitted by bloodsucking insects to different hosts, where they cause many serious diseases, such as malaria and coccidiosis.

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Sporozoa

a subphylum of endoparasitic protozoa in the Phylum Apicomplexa; marked by the lack of locomotor organs in adult stages and a complex life cycle including schizogony, gametogony and sporogony.

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sporozoa

plural of sporozoon.