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protozoan

[proh-tuh-zoh-uhn] / ˌproʊ təˈzoʊ ən /


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Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic protozoan parasite known for causing outbreaks of severe diarrhea.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

It’s not yet clear, however, exactly how the Amazonian variant wards off the protozoan invader.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2023

It's a protozoan, similar to the malaria parasite.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2022

One common protozoan disease known to occur in birds, which evolved from feathered dinosaurs, as well as in people is called trichomoniasis, caused by a parasitic protozoan.

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2022

It is the protozoan Myxotricha paradoxa, which inhabits the inner reaches of the digestive tract of Australian termites.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas



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