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Noun: coccidium (coccidia)
  1. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
    "Coccidium infections can cause severe diarrhoea in animals";
    - eimeria

Derived forms: coccidia

Type of: sporozoan

Part of: Coccidia, order Coccidia

Encyclopedia: Coccidium