coccidium

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coccidium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  coccidium \coccidium\ n.; pl. coccidia. (Microbiol.)
     any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, parasitic on the
     digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
     It is the causative agent of coccidiosis, which can be a
     problem in poultry rearing.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

coccidium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coccidium
      n 1: parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and
           higher invertebrates [syn: coccidium, eimeria]