Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The biological study of protozoans.
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- noun The study of
protozoa . - noun The study of
protists .
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- noun the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
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Examples
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His experiences under the direction of these two distinguished parasitologists, whose outstanding discoveries in protozoology and helminthology are well-known, must have been very valuable.
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The Staff has thus chosen to single him out not only as the founder of medical protozoology, a branch of medicine that has reached a striking level of development in recent years; but also as the man responsible for experiments and discoveries - followed up until recently - which ensure his continued pre-eminence in this field.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907 - Presentation Speech 1967
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The founder of protozoology was him - self firmly opposed to the notion that his “animalcules” could have arisen from the putrefying matter that made up their usual environment.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION ARAM VARTANIAN 1968
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