toxoplasma

See also: Toxoplasma

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

toxoplasma (plural toxoplasmata or toxoplasmas)

  1. 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:
      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.
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