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Definition of: sporozoan
(spôr′ə·zō′ən, spō′rə-) adjective
Designating or belonging to a class (Sporozoa) of parasitic protozoans developing by asexual and sexual stages and reproducing by sporulation, as the malaria parasite.
—noun One of the class Sporozoa. [<SPORO- + Gk. zōion animal]
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