toxoplasma

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tok′sə plazmə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tox•o•plas•ma  (tok′sə plazmə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ma•ta(-mə tə),USA pronunciation -mas.
  1. Microbiologyany protist of the genus Toxoplasma, esp. T. gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis.
  • Neo-Latin Toxoplasma (1909); see toxo-, plasma
tox′o•plasmic, adj. 

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