COCCIDIUM


Meaning of COCCIDIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ käk-ˈsi-dē-əm ]

noun

( plural coc·cid·ia -dē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, diminutive of coccus

Date: circa 1879

: any of an order (Coccidia) of protozoans usually parasitic in the digestive epithelium of vertebrates

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.