toxoplasma

See also: Toxoplasma

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

toxoplasma (plural toxoplasmata or toxoplasmas)

1. Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
   • 2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     To mingle with others of its kind and produce the next generation of eggs, toxoplasma must find its way to the gastrointestinal tract of a cat.

   • 2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 198:

     All in all, toxoplasmata seem to be unpleasant but otherwise unimportant little critters, if you don't happen to be pregnant.