Definitions for sporozoan
sporozoan
spo·ro·zo·an
Spelling: [spawr-uh-zoh-uh n, spohr-]
IPA: /ˌspɔr əˈzoʊ ən, ˌspoʊr-/
Sporozoan is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.
You can make 185 anagrams from letters in sporozoan (anoooprsz).
Definitions for sporozoan
noun
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any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
adjective
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Also, sporozoal. belonging or pertaining to the Sporozoa.
Origin of sporozoan
First recorded in 1885-90; Sporozo(a) + -an
Examples for sporozoan
Others suffer more or less from the attacks of various sporozoan parasites.