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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | A protozoan microbe associated with the disease cryptosporidiosis in man. The disease can be transmitted through ingestion of drinking water, person-to-person contact, or other pathways, and can cause acute diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, and can be fatal as it was in the Milwaukee episode. (references) |
Health | A genus of coccidian parasites of the family Cryptosporidiidae, found in the intestinal epithelium of many vertebrates including humans. (references) |
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Crosswords: CRYPTOSPORIDIUM |
| Specialty definitions using "CRYPTOSPORIDIUM": Cryptosporidiidae, Cryptosporidiosis. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Photomicrograph of Cryptosporidium parvum oocyts in stool smear, acid fast stain. Photograph of water fountain with sign that water is unsafe. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology of cryptosporidiosis, gallbladder. Paraffin-embedded section shows numerous Cryptosporidium organisms at luminal surfaces of epithelial cells. Patient had AIDS. Parasite. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Life cycle of Cryptosporidium. (references) | |
Many species of Cryptosporidium exist that infect a wide range of animals. (references) | ||
Since the first reports of human cases in 1976, Cryptosporidium has been found worldwide. (references) | ||
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| "CRYPTOSPORIDIUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "CRYPTOSPORIDIUM" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.74% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "CRYPTOSPORIDIUM": Cryptosporidium parvum. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cryptosporidium | 146 |
cryptosporidium parvum | 19 |
cryptosporidium de deteccion | 3 |
cryptosporidium treatment | 2 |
cryptosporidium de diferenciacion | 2 |
cryptosporidium giardia | 2 |
cryptosporidium detection rapd | 2 |
cryptosporidium sp | 2 |
cryptosporidium image parvum | 2 |
cryptosporidium disinfection protozoan water | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CRYPTOSPORIDIUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 深在性真菌 . (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | し"ざいせいし"き". (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | yptosporidiumcray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-i-m-o-o-p-p-r-r-s-t-u-y" | |
-4 letters: promiscuity, scriptorium. | |
-5 letters: potpourris, propitious. | |
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