RHINOSPORIDIUM


Meaning of RHINOSPORIDIUM in English

|rī(ˌ)nō+ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from rhin- + sporidium

1. capitalized : a genus of microparasites that are associated with some types of nasal polyps in man and in horses and that are sometimes regarded as chytrids related to the Olpidiaceae but are now often held to be protozoans possibly related to the Sarcosporidia

2. plural rhinosporidia : a microparasite of the genus Rhinosporidium

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