PROTOZOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Protozoa mean? 

• PROTOZOA (noun)
  The noun PROTOZOA has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers

  Familiarity information: PROTOZOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOZOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

phylum Protozoa; Protozoa

Hypernyms ("Protozoa" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Protozoa"):

protozoan; protozoon (any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic)

class Sarcodina; Sarcodina (characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda)

Ciliata; Ciliophora; class Ciliata; class Ciliophora (class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle)

class Flagellata; class Mastigophora; Flagellata; Mastigophora (protozoa having flagella)

class Sporozoa; Sporozoa (strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites)

Holonyms ("Protozoa" is a member of...):

kingdom Protoctista; Protoctista (in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals)

 Context examples 

This tetracycline is active against a wide range of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms, spirochetes, rickettsial species, certain protozoa and Mycoplasma and Chlamydia organisms.

(Chlortetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and protozoa.

(Co-trimoxazole, NCI Dictionary)

Water from canals also may have carried harmful protozoa, bacteria and viruses.

(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)

Infection with parasitic protozoa of the genus ISOSPORA, producing intestinal disease.

(Isosporiasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus LEISHMANIA.

(Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A parasitic disorder caused by protozoa of the Trypanosoma brucei species.

(African Trypanosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Microorganisms include bacteria, protozoa, algae, and fungi.

(Microorganism, NCI Dictionary)

Hydroxystilbamidine is able to bind to DNA and RNA in a non-intercalating manner, and is a powerful inhibitor of ribonucleases, thereby impeding cellular processes in protozoa.

(Hydroxystilbamidine, NCI Thesaurus)

The science that deals with the study of microorganisms, including algae, archaea, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses.

(Microbiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Hundreds of GPI-anchored proteins have been identified in many eukaryotes ranging from protozoa and fungi to mammals.

(Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchor Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)