Meaning | Any infection caused by a protozoan. |
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Narrower | amebiasis, amoebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis | infection by a disease-causing ameba |
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giardiasis | infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water |
leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis, kala azar | sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies |
malaria | An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito |
trichomoniasis | infection of the vagina |
Broader | infection | The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
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