PIROPLASMIA
\pˌɪɹəplˈazmi͡ə], \pˌɪɹəplˈazmiə], \p_ˌɪ_ɹ_ə_p_l_ˈa_z_m_iə]\
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A subclass of heteroxenous parasitic protozoa usually transmitted by ticks. Its organisms are rod-shaped or amoeboid with conoid, oocysts, spores, and pseudocysts absent. Locomotion is by body flexion, gliding, or, in sexual stages, by large axopodium-like organelles.
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