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coc•cid•i•um
(kok sid′ē əm),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cid•i•a (-sid′ē ə).USA pronunciation [Microbiol.]
- 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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