"toxoplasma" meaning in All languages combined

See toxoplasma on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: toxoplasmata [plural], toxoplasmas [plural]
Etymology: From the genus name. Head templates: {{en-noun|toxoplasmata|s}} toxoplasma (plural toxoplasmata or toxoplasmas)
  1. Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans. Categories (lifeform): Alveolates

Inflected forms

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