Meanings
nountoxoplasma (plural toxoplasmata or toxoplasmas)
plural toxoplasmata · plural toxoplasmas
- Any member of the genus Toxoplasma of parasitic sporozoans.
All in all, toxoplasmata seem to be unpleasant but otherwise unimportant little critters, if you don't happen to be pregnant.
2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 1981 more example
To mingle with others of its kind and produce the next generation of eggs, toxoplasma must find its way to the gastrointestinal tract of a cat.
2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times
Origin
From the genus name.
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