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pro·to·zo·an
(prō′tə-zō′ən) also pro·to·zo·on (-ŏn′)n. pl. pro·to·zo·ans or pro·to·zo·a (-zō′ə) also pro·to·zo·ons
Any of numerous chiefly single-celled eukaryotic organisms, most of which move about freely and ingest food, including the amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and apicomplexans. Protozoans along with certain algae, oomycetes, and some other groups make up the protists.
pro′to·zo′an, pro′to·zo′al, pro′to·zo′ic adj.
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protozoon
(ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊɒn)n
(Biology) another name for protozoan1
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pro•to•zo•an
(ˌproʊ təˈzoʊ ən)n., pl. -zo•ans, (esp. collectively) -zo•a (-ˈzoʊ ə)
adj. n.
1. any of various one-celled protist organisms that usu. obtain nourishment by ingesting food particles rather than by photosynthesis: classified as the superphylum Protozoa encompassing separate phyla according to means of movement, as by pseudopod, flagella, or cilia.
adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a protozoan.
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| Noun | 1. |  protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosyntheticprotoctist - any of the unicellular protists phylum Protozoa, Protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers sarcodine, sarcodinian - protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopods rhizopod, rhizopodan - protozoa characterized by a pseudopod arcella - an amoeba-like protozoan with a chitinous shell resembling an umbrella difflugia - a protozoan with an ovoid shell of cemented sand grains ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell euglena - minute single-celled green freshwater organism having a single flagella; often classed as algae flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals plantlike flagellate - unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae sporozoan - parasitic spore-forming protozoan cytostome - mouth of a protozoan |
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pro·to·zo·on
n. protozoo, organismo unicelular.
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protozoon
n (pl -zoa) protozoo, protozoario; [Nota: protozoan y protozoon se usan intercambiablemente para decir protozoo, pero para decir el plural, no se usa mucho protozoans, sino protozoa.]English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.