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| a·pi·com·plex·an [ àypi kom pléksən ] (plural a·pi·com·plex·ans) |
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single-celled parasitic organism: a single-celled parasitic organism protozoan that has alternating sexual and asexual generations and reproduces by means of spores. Malaria parasites are apicomplexans. Phylum Apicomplexa.
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| [Late 20th century. < modern Latin Apicomplexa< apic- "apex" + complexus "a complex"] |
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