See Also: off-the-cuff(dictionary)
cuff(6)(dictionary)
cuff(5)(dictionary)
cuff(4)(dictionary)
cuff(3)(dictionary)
cuff(2)(dictionary)
cuff(1)(dictionary)
Cuff(dictionary)
cuff(medicine)
Off-the-Cuff(money)

sporozoan (iou) and cuff(4) (iou)


sporozoan (iou)



sporozoan noun & adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin Sporozoa (see below), formed as SPORO- + Greek zoia pl. of zoion animal: see -AN.]
Biology & Medicine.
A. noun. A protozoan of the mainly parasitic phyla Apicomplexa (which includes class Sporozoa) and Microspora, having a complex life cycle with sexual and asexual generations and including the malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium). L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to such protozoans. L19.
sporozoon noun, pl. -zoa, = SPOROZOAN noun (usu. in pl.) L19.

cuff(4) (iou)



cuff noun4. Chiefly Scot. M18.
[Origin unkn.: cf. SCUFF noun2, SCRUFF noun2.]
The nape of the neck.