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sporozoan

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sporozoan /spo·ro·zo·an/ (-zo´an)
1. any protozoan of the phyla Apicomplexa, Ascetospora, Microspora, and Myxozoa.
2. pertaining or relating to protozoa of these phyla.

spo·ro·zo·an (spôr-zn) or spo·ro·zo·on (-n, -n)
n.
An organism of the class Sporozoa.

sporo·zoan adj.

sporozoan [spor″o-zo´an]
1. pertaining to the Sporozoa.
2. an individual of the Sporozoa.

sporozoan
1. pertaining to the Apicomplexa (previously Sporozoa.
2. an individual of the Sporozoa.


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