Cryptosporidium

See also: cryptosporidium

Translingual

Cryptosporidium parvum

Etymology

From Cryptospora +‎ -idium (taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Cryptosporidium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptosporidiidae – coccidian protozoan parasites causing the disease cryptosporidiasis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom; Alveolata – superphylum; Miozoa – phylum; Myzozoa – subphylum; Apicomplexa – infraphylum; Conoidasida – class; Coccidia - subclass; Eucoccidiorida - order; Cryptosporidiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cryptosporidium parvum - selected species

Derived terms

• Cryptosporidiidae

 

References

• Cryptosporidium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cryptosporidium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cryptosporidium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cryptosporidium at National Center for Biotechnology Information