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PROTOZOAN

\pɹˈə͡ʊtə͡ʊzˌə͡ʊn], \pɹˈə‍ʊtə‍ʊzˌə‍ʊn], \p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_t_əʊ_z_ˌəʊ_n]\

Definitions of PROTOZOAN

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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1. Protozoal. 2. A protozoon.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Any species or organism of the protozoa ; used also adjectively.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. [Greek] An animal of the lowest class, distinguished by its simplicity of structure-the protozoans include the sponges and many of the so-called animalcules.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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