Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium that is an intestinal parasite in humans and other vertebrates and sometimes causes diarrhea that is especially severe in immunocompromised people.
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- noun A
protozoan , of thegenus Cryptosporidium , that is anintestinal parasite ofhumans and othervertebrates ; can causediarrhea and othersymptoms in cases of lowimmunity .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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So is an intestinal parasite called cryptosporidium, which can be fatal in some cases.
The Rivers Of Death 2008
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BEACH: This is a parasite called cryptosporidium and it causes diarrhea.
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BEACH: There's a parasite called cryptosporidium that's resistant to chlorine, that causes most of the outbreaks that we're hearing about right now.
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CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE: This is a parasite called cryptosporidium and it causes diarrhea.
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HARNESS: Jacob is one of just 1,738 people who have now fallen ill from a parasite called cryptosporidium, found in human and animal feces.
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BEACH: It's a parasite called cryptosporidium, and once it gets into the pool it's resistant to the levels of chlorine that normally are found in pools.
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Five years ago, the citizens of Milwaukee found themselves with 400,000 people sick, dozens of people dead because a microbe called cryptosporidium had contaminated their water supply.
Remarks By President At Safe Drinking Water Event ITY National Archives 1998
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The fountains have been mostly inactive since early 2008, after the Santa Clara County Public Health Department tested them for presence of a parasite called cryptosporidium that effects the intestinal tract and shut down the water display as a precautionary measure.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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But it takes time for the E. coli to kill bacteria and viruses and for some things, such for some thing, such as cryptosporidium, that can actually be a couple of days.
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The clinical diagnosis can also be made difficult by associated diseases such as cryptosporidium, disseminated cryptococcosis, cytomegalovirus infection or mycobacterial infection.
Chapter 6 2000
chained_bear commented on the word cryptosporidium
This bug can live up to ten days in chlorinated water. Link to usage note is on cryptosporidiosis.
June 16, 2009