transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpa-rə-ˈmē-sh(ē-)əm, -sē-əm ]
noun
( plural par·a·me·cia -sh(ē-)ə, -sē-ə ; also -ciums )
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek paramēkēs oblong, from para- + mēkos length; akin to Greek makros long — more at meager
Date: 1752
: any of a genus ( Paramecium ) of ciliate chiefly freshwater protozoans that have an elongate body rounded at the anterior end and an oblique funnel-shaped buccal groove bearing the mouth at the extremity