PROTOZOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protozoon mean? 

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

1. any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTOZOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

protozoan; protozoon

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

protoctist (any of the unicellular protists)

Meronyms (parts of "protozoon"):

cytostome (mouth of a protozoan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protozoon"):

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)

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

phylum Protozoa; Protozoa (in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers)

Derivation:

protozoan (of or relating to the Protozoa)

 Context examples 

A monohalogenated 8-hydroxyquinoline with activity against bacteria, fungi, and protozoa.

(Cloxyquin, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

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

(Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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 genus of parasitic protozoa that is the cause of cryptosporidiosis.

(Cryptosporidium, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic psoralen, light-activated DNA and RNA crosslinking agent, with protective activity against pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and leukocytes.

(Amotosalen, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(African Trypanosomiasis, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of amotosalen, a synthetic psoralen and light-activated DNA, RNA crosslinking agent, with protective activity against pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and leukocytes.

(Amotosalen Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent is mainly used for ex vivo purposes, specifically for the inactivation of pathogens such as viruses, protozoa and bacteria in red blood cells (RBCs).

(Amustaline, NCI Thesaurus)

A parasitic infection caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania.

(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)