sporozoan

Definitions of sporozoan

1. noun

   parasitic spore-forming protozoan
   types:

   sporozoite

   one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle

   trophozoite

   a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle

   merozoite

   a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle

   coccidium, eimeria

   parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates

   gregarine

   vermiform protozoans parasitic in insects and other invertebrates

   haemosporidian

   minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens

   Plasmodium vivax, malaria parasite, plasmodium

   parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

   haemoproteid

   related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds

   leucocytozoan, leucocytozoon

   parasitic in birds

   piroplasm

   minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals

   sarcocystidean, sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian

   parasite of the muscles of vertebrates

   haplosporidian

   parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance

   actinomyxidian

   parasites of worms

   microsporidian

   parasite of arthropods and fishes that invade and destroy host cells

   myxosporidian

   mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens

   type of:

   protozoan, protozoon

   any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic