| NOUN | state | protozoal infection | any infection caused by a protozoan |
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| Meaning | Any infection caused by a protozoan. | |
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| Narrower | amebiasis, amoebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis | infection by a disease-causing ameba |
| 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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