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Sporozoa or or Sporozoans

Term: Sporozoa or or Sporozoans

Literally meaning: ?animals forming spores"

Origin: Anc Greek

+??????(=seed) > (=sow,) >??????/spearo (=disperse)

???/zoa(=plural of ??????/zoon=a live thing, animal)

Coined/History

The name is based on sporozoans? ability to form reproductive cells known as spores.

Definition

Sporozoa (or sporozoans) are obligate intracellular protozoan parasites that lack locomotor organs, such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma gondii.

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