protozoal
Relating to amoebas
Protozoal means relating to or caused by protozoa—single-celled organisms that include parasites responsible for diseases like malaria, giardiasis, and toxoplasmosis.
The term appears mainly in medical and veterinary contexts: protozoal infection, protozoal disease, protozoal parasites.
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
- toxoplasmaProtozoan infecting warm-blooded hosts
- cryptosporidiumIntestinal parasitic microorganism
- apicomplexaParasitic protozoan phylum
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
Waterborne intestinal parasite
- flagellumWhiplike cellular appendage
- undulating membraneRippling locomotor organelle
- sleeping sicknessParasitic disease causing prolonged drowsiness
- giardiasisProtozoan intestinal infection
One receiving guests
- vectorQuantity with direction
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- tsetse flyAfrican disease-transmitting insect
- sandflyDisease-carrying biting gnat
infection · transmission · endemic · antiparasitic · prophylaxis · zoonotic · reservoir · lifecycle
Temporary cellular projection
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- entamoebaIntestine-dwelling parasitic amoeba
- binary fissionAsexual splitting into two
- endoplasmCell's inner gel
ectoplasm · contractile vacuole · amoebic dysentery · free-living
One cell only
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- microorganismMicroscopic living entity
- protozoologyStudy of single-celled organisms
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
staining · identification · morphology · culture · specimen · diagnostic · laboratory
Ciliated slipper-shaped protozoan
- ciliaHairlike cellular projections
- pellicleThin organic membrane
- conjugationVerb form variation system
- macronucleusLarger nucleus controlling metabolism
plasmodium
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
- toxoplasmaProtozoan infecting warm-blooded hosts
- cryptosporidiumIntestinal parasitic microorganism
- apicomplexaParasitic protozoan phylum
giardia
Waterborne intestinal parasite
- flagellumWhiplike cellular appendage
- undulating membraneRippling locomotor organelle
- sleeping sicknessParasitic disease causing prolonged drowsiness
host
One receiving guests
- vectorQuantity with direction
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- tsetse flyAfrican disease-transmitting insect
sandfly · infection · transmission · endemic · antiparasitic · prophylaxis · zoonotic · reservoir · lifecycle · pathogenic
pseudopod
Temporary cellular projection
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- entamoebaIntestine-dwelling parasitic amoeba
- binary fissionAsexual splitting into two
endoplasm · ectoplasm · contractile vacuole · amoebic dysentery · free-living
unicellular
One cell only
- eukaryoticHaving organized nuclear membrane
- microorganismMicroscopic living entity
- protozoologyStudy of single-celled organisms
microscopy · staining · identification · morphology · culture · specimen · diagnostic · laboratory
paramecium
Ciliated slipper-shaped protozoan
- ciliaHairlike cellular projections
- pellicleThin organic membrane
- conjugationVerb form variation system
protozoalbacterial
Of or from germs
viral · fungal · multicellular · prokaryotic · non-infectious