coccidium

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kok sidē əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
coc•cid•i•um  (kok sidē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cid•i•a (-sidē ə).USA pronunciation [Microbiol.]
  1. Microbiologyany sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.
  • Neo-Latin Coccidium, origin, originally a genus name; see coccus, -idium

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