See Also: toxoplasma(medicine)
toxoplasma(dictionary)
Toxoplasma gondii(medicine)
toxoplasma test(medicine)
toxoplasma antibody titre(medicine)

toxoplasma (iou)



toxoplasma noun. . E20.
[mod. Latin (see below), formed as TOXO-1 + PLASMA.]
Biology. Any of various protozoans of the genus Toxoplasma, which comprises crescentic uninucleate sporozoans that are internal parasites of vertebrates.
toxoplasmic adjective M20.
toxoplasmin noun an antigenic preparation of toxoplasma used in skin testing M20.
toxoplasmosis noun, pl. -oses, infection with, or a disease caused by, Toxoplasma gondii, which can lead to jaundice, brain lesions, etc., and can be fatal M20.