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tox•o•plas•ma
(tok′sə plaz′mə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ma•ta(-mə tə),USA pronunciation -mas.
tox′o•plas′mic, adj.
- Microbiologyany protist of the genus Toxoplasma, esp. T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis.
- Neo-Latin Toxoplasma (1909); see toxo-, plasma
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