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| tox·o·plas·ma [ tòksə plázmə ] (plural tox·o·plas·mas) |
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parasitic organism: a microscopic protozoan organism that lives as a parasite in the organs of vertebrates, especially birds and mammals, and can cause disease. Genus Toxoplasma.
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| [Early 20th century. < alteration of toxi-] |
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 tox·o·plas·mic adjective |
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