/spawr'euh zoh"euhn, spohr'-/ , n.
1. any parasitic spore-forming protozoan of the phylum (or class) Sporozoa, several species of which, as plasmodia, cause malaria.
adj.
2. Also, sporozoal . belonging or pertaining to the Sporozoa.
[ 1885-90; SPOROZO(A) + -AN ]