Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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 individuals.
Wiktionary
- n. A protozoan, of the genus Cryptosporidium, that is an intestinal parasite of humans and other vertebrates; can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.
Etymologies
- New Latin Cryptosporidium, genus name : crypt(o)- + spor(o)- + Latin -idium, diminutive suff. (from Greek -idion).
Examples
“So is an intestinal parasite called cryptosporidium, which can be fatal in some cases.”
“BEACH: This is a parasite called cryptosporidium and it causes diarrhea.”
“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.”
“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.”
“CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE: This is a parasite called cryptosporidium and it causes diarrhea.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The clinical diagnosis can also be made difficult by associated diseases such as cryptosporidium, disseminated cryptococcosis, cytomegalovirus infection or mycobacterial infection.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cryptosporidium’.
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crypto-, crypt-
concealed; secret
cryptogram, crypto-fascist, cryptosporidium, cryptography, cryptic
chained_bear This bug can live up to ten days in chlorinated water. Link to usage note is on cryptosporidiosis. Jun 16, 2009