toxoplasma
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See also: Toxoplasma
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the genus name.
Noun[edit]
toxoplasma (plural toxoplasmata or toxoplasmas)
- Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
- 2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times[1]:
- To mingle with others of its kind and produce the next generation of eggs, toxoplasma must find its way to the gastrointestinal tract of a cat.
- 2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 198:
- All in all, toxoplasmata seem to be unpleasant but otherwise unimportant little critters, if you don't happen to be pregnant.