| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A parasite inhabiting the blood.[Websters]
2. Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.[Websters] 3. The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HAEMATOZOON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Haematozoon \H[ae]m`a*to*zo"["o]n\, noun; plural H[ae]matozoa. [New Latin, from Greek, blood animal.]. (references) |
