toxoplasmosis

English

Etymology

From French toxoplasmose, from translingual Toxoplasma +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɒksəʊplæzˈməʊsɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

toxoplasmosis (countable and uncountable, plural toxoplasmoses)

1. A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.

   Synonym: (informal) toxo

   • 2001, P. Ambroise-Thomas, “Parasitic diseases and immunodeficiencies”, in F. E. G. Cox, L. H. Chappell, editors, Concomitant Infections, page 569:

     Some profiles are particularly associated with severe toxoplasmoses, but this relationship is especially true for experimental infections in the murine model.

   • 2008, Sarah J. Gaskill, Arthur E. Marlin, “74: Tuberculosis and Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System”, in A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, P. David Adelson, editors, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2nd edition, page 1189:

     In a study of treatment of the infected mother during pregnancy with spiramycin, pyrimethamine, and sulfonamides there was a significant reduction in the severity of congenital toxoplasmosis.

   • 2008, Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods, editors, Medicine of Australian Mammals, unnumbered page:

     Like other Australian marsupial taxa, wombats appear particularly susceptible to toxoplasmosis due to exposure to the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Derived terms

• neurotoxoplasmosis
• toxoplasmotic

Related terms

• toxoplasma
• toxoplasmastasis

Translations

disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弓形蟲病 / 弓形虫病 (gōngxíngchóngbìng)

• Czech: toxoplazmóza f
• Finnish: toksoplasmoosi (fi)
• French: toxoplasmose (fr) f
• German: Toxoplasmose (de) f
• Italian: toxoplasmosi (it) f
• Korean: 주혈 원충병 (juhyeol wonchungbyeong)
• Polish: toksoplazmoza (pl) f
• Portuguese: toxoplasmose (pt) f
• Russian: токсоплазмо́з (ru) m (toksoplazmóz)
• Spanish: toxoplasmosis f
• Turkish: toksoplazmoz

Spanish

Etymology

From translingual Toxoplasma +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɡsoplasˈmosis/ [t̪oɣ̞.so.plazˈmo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: to‧xo‧plas‧mo‧sis

Noun

toxoplasmosis f (plural toxoplasmosis)

1. toxoplasmosis

Related terms

• toxoplásmico

Further reading

• “toxoplasmosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10