Lexic.us

Definition of Leucocytozoon

1. Noun. Parasitic in birds.

Medical Definition of Leucocytozoon

1. A genus of sporozoan parasites (family Plasmodiidae, suborder Haemosporina) that attack the immature red blood cells of birds and are capable of causing acute outbreaks of disease, particularly in turkeys and ducks; vectors are black flies, Simulium species, and the bloodsucking gnat Culicoides. Synonym: Leukocytozoon. Origin: G. Leukos, white, + kytos, cell, + zoon, animal (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucocytozoon

Literary usage of Leucocytozoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"Franca, C., "Quelques Observations sur le genre leucocytozoon," Bull. ... Léger, M., "Observations sur quelques leucocytozoon d'Oiseaux de la région de ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"... and the leucocytozoon, ... The so-called leucocytozoon of the. owl has recently been recognised by ..."

3. Folia Haematologica: Internationales Magazin für klinische und (1907)
"... Note ou a leucocytozoon found in MUB Kattus in the Punja u b. JOUTU. of Trop. Med. Nov. J at 1906. The parasite is only found in moco-nuclear and ..."

4. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"It is not easy sometimes to distinguish the altered host cell from the parasite, as the nucleus of the former is pushed to one side by the leucocytozoon. ..."

5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1905)
"... and leucocytozoon (both of which occur in the blood of the barn owl) in their common intermediate host Culex pipiens. Schaudinn finds that both these ..."

6. Veterinary Bacteriology: A Treatise on the Bacteria, Yeasts, Molds, and by Robert Earle Buchanan (1911)
"GENUS leucocytozoon Protozoa somewhat resembling the malarial parasites have been found in the white blood-corpuscles or leukocytes in birds Fig. 207. ..."

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