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protozoan

[proh-tuh-zoh-uhn] / ˌproʊ təˈzoʊ ən /


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Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic protozoan parasite known for causing outbreaks of severe diarrhea.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

One common protozoan disease known to occur in birds, which evolved from feathered dinosaurs, as well as in people is called trichomoniasis, caused by a parasitic protozoan.

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2022

An example of this principle is shown in Figure 36.25, with two protozoan species, Paramecium aurelia and Paramecium caudatum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Though the idea of a mind-altering protozoan transmitted via cats is alarming, it is not necessarily harmful: roughly 30 percent of the human population is infected with the T gondii parasite.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2022

It is the protozoan Myxotricha paradoxa, which inhabits the inner reaches of the digestive tract of Australian termites.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas



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