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Definition: Protozoa |
ProtozoaNoun1. In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Protozoa" was first used: 1834. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | One-celled animals that are larger and more complex than bacteria. May cause disease. (references) |
Health | A subkingdom consisting of unicellular organisms that are the simplest in the animal kingdom. Most are free living. They range in size from submicroscopic to macroscopic. Protozoa are divided into seven phyla: Sarcomastigophora, Labyrinthomorpha, Apicomplexa, Microspora, Ascetospora, Myxozoa, and Ciliophora. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Protozoa are single-celled creatures with nuclei which show some characteristics, such as heterotrophy and motility, usually associated with animals. They are now generally included in the kingdom Protista, together with the plant-like algae. Some smaller groups of protozoa may also be treated as separate kingdoms.
The traditional division of protozoans is on the basis of movement, and while this is no longer believed to represent true relationships, it's still a useful way of organizing the many different groups:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Protozoa."
Synonym: ProtozoaSynonym: phylum Protozoa (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Organization | Archegenesis. (production); antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph; ecology, oecology; erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination; isogamy, oogamy; karyaster; macrogamete, microgamete; metabolism, anabolism, catabolism; metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Health | Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that is transmitted by sandflies and caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania. (references) | |
Escherichia coli, a common species of enteric bacteria, is the leading pathogen, although a host of other bacteria, viruses, and protozoa have been implicated in some cases. (references) | ||
Entamoeba histolytica must be differentiated from other intestinal protozoa such as the nonpathogenic amebas E. coli, E. hartmanni, E. polecki, E. gingivalis, Endolimax nana, and Iodamoeba buetschlii , and from the possibly pathogenic Dientamoeba fragilis (which is not an ameba but a flagellate). (references) | ||
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| "Protozoa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Protozoa" is used about 32 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) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Protozoa": phylum Protozoa. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Protozoa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | протозоа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 原"动物 (Protozoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | protozoer (protozoans). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | protozoen, protozoa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | protozaires. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Protozoon (protozoan, protozoon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωτόζωα (protozoans). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | véglények. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | protozoi (protozoans). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 原始動物 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | '"しどうぶつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | otozoapray protozoários. (various references) protozoare. (various references) протозоа. (various references) protozoa. (various references) pl. de protozoon, organismo unicelular. (various references) tek hücreliler, tek hücreli hayvanlar. (various references) протозоа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | protos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Protozoa": protozoal, protozoan, protozoans. (additional references) | |
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"Protozoa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Portoroz, potoroo, Protasia, Protasov, protazoa, protoza, protozea, protozoic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-o-o-p-r-t-z" | |
-3 letters: aport, topaz, troop, trooz. | |
-4 letters: atop, orzo, part, poor, port, prao, prat, proa, rapt, rato, root, rota, roto, taro, tarp, tora, toro, trap, trop, tzar. | |
-5 letters: apt, art, azo, oar, oat, oot, opt, ora, ort, par, pat, pot, pro, rap, rat, rot, tao, tap, tar, too, top, tor, zap, zoa, zoo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-o-o-p-r-t-z" | |
+1 letter: protozoal, protozoan. | |
+2 letters: protozoans. | |
+4 letters: spermatozoon. | |
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