Definitions for coccidium

coccidium coc·cid·i·um

Spelling: [kok-sid-ee-uh m]
IPA: /kɒkˈsɪd i əm/

Coccidium is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 110 anagrams from letters in coccidium (cccdiimou).

Definitions for coccidium

noun

  1. any sporozoan of the order Coccidia, often parasitic in the digestive tracts of certain animals and a cause of coccidiosis.

Origin of coccidium

New Latin Coccidium, originally a genus name; see coccus, -idium

Examples for coccidium

The spores are generally situated in distinct hollow conceptacles (favellæ, ceramidium, coccidium).

In one case (coccidium mitrarium), the oocyst itself, instead of being spherical, is curiously shaped like a mitre.

Infection by coccidium oviforme is very common, without however presenting any symptoms by which the infection may be recognised.

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