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PROTOZOAL INFECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any infection caused by a protozoan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("protozoal infection" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protozoal infection"):
malaria (an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever)
amebiasis; amebiosis; amoebiasis; amoebiosis (infection by a disease-causing ameba)
giardiasis (infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort)
kala azar; leishmaniasis; leishmaniosis (sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies)
trichomoniasis (infection of the vagina)
