n.
Pronunciation: ˌ spo ̇ r- ə - ' z ō - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Sporozoa, from spor- + -zoa
Date: 1888
: any of a large class (Sporozoa) of strictly parasitic nonmotile protozoans that have a complex life cycle usually involving both asexual and sexual generations often in different hosts and include important pathogens (as malaria parasites and babesias)
– sporozoan adjective