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Webster 1913 Edition
Haematozoon
‖
Haemˊa-to-zo′on
(-tō̍-zō′ŏn)
, Noun.
pl.
Haematozoa
(-ȧ)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
αἷμα
, αἵματος
, blood + ζῶ,ον
animal.] (Zool.)
A parasite inhabiting the blood
; esp.: (a)
Certain species of nematodes of the genus
Filaria
, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc. (b)
The trematode,
Bilharzia haematobia
, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.