Hepatozoon

Translingual

Hepatozoon species in the blood of reptiles. (See source information at Wikimedia Commons.)

Etymology

From New Latin, from hepato- +‎ -zoon, reflecting an obligate liver-dwelling phase of the parasites' lifecycles.

Proper noun

Hepatozoon n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hepatozoidae – certain Apicomplexa alveolates incorporating many species of obligate intraerythrocytic parasites.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum; Conoidasida - class; Coccidia - subclass; Eucoccidiorida - order; Adeleorina - suborder; Hepatozoidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hepatozoon muris - type species

Further reading

• Hepatozoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hepatozoon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hepatozoon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons