ˌtäksəplazˈmōsə̇s noun
( plural toxoplasmo·ses -ōˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Toxoplasma + -osis
: infection of man, dogs, or other mammals or of birds by toxoplasmas or disease caused by the presence of these organisms commonly involving extensive or fatal damage to the central nervous system and eyes especially of infants, being apparently capable of transplacental transmission from mother to child, and in the adult being often subclinical in manifestation or resembling a mild influenza