Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the psorospermiæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinæ, in the pseudonavicula stage.
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- noun zoology A
minute parasite , usually the young of Gregarinae, in thepseudonavicula stage.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "itching seed".
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Examples
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The psorosperm-like bodies found, to the presence of which the disease has by some authorities been attributed (psorospermosis), are now known to be merely changed and degenerated epithelia.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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