Definition of Protozoons

1. protozoon [n] - See also: protozoon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protozoons

protoxylem
protoxylems
protozoa
protozoal
protozoal infection
protozoan
protozoans
protozoic
protozoological
protozoologically
protozoologies
protozoologist
protozoologists
protozoology
protozoon
protozoons (current term)
protract
protracted
protractedly
protractedness
protracter
protracters
protractible
protractile
protracting
protraction
protractions
protractive
protractor
protractors

Literary usage of Protozoons

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

1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"... of protozoons, and that nevertheless the wounds healed all the same. After having tried the so-called "antiseptics" in vogue—suchas carbolic acid, ..."

2. Natural Salvation: The Message of Science, Outlining the First Principles of by Charles Asbury Stephens (1905)
"The protozoons die only from accidents of heat, cold, or violence. ... (2) These deductions apply not only to protozoons, but essentially to all living ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"It has proved serviceable in the treatmentof certain other diseases caused by animal parasites, especially protozoons, but the chief use of emetin is ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"... though according to the location and the season the clam feeds also on small crustaceans and rotifers, protozoons and larvae of mollusks. ..."

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