INFUSORIA
\ɪnfjuːsˈɔːɹi͡ə], \ɪnfjuːsˈɔːɹiə], \ɪ_n_f_j_uː_s_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə]\
Definitions of INFUSORIA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
By Princeton University
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in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Ciliophora; a subphylum (or class) of Protozoa, the members of which have a generative micronucleus and a vegetative macronucleus, and are provided with cilia, either free or fused into membranes; the cilia may be permanent or present only in the early stages.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By James Champlin Fernald
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Very minute, mostly microscopic, organisms inhabiting liquids, and so called as developed especially in infusions of animal or vegetable matter.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Very minute animal organisms or animalcules inhabiting water containing decaying vegetable or animal matter-so called from their being readily obtained in infusions of vegetable matter that have been exposed to the air.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Microscopic protozoan animals, often found in infusions.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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