entozoan

[ en-tuh-zoh-uhn ]

noun

, Biology.

1. entozoon.

adjective

1. of or relating to an entozoon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of entozoan¹

entozo(on) + -an

Example Sentences

Having a sucker at each extremity, as certain entozoa, by means of which they adhere.

From Project Gutenberg

We also know that similar entozoa in their wanderings in the tissues by accident of location, or by disease, or injury of their organs, not infrequently give rise to grave lesions in their hosts.

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It spends its whole existence there, and is distinguished from other entozoa by having the mouth between two pores on each side, through which a spicular process comes out.

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Galvanism may bring gelatinous matter into the form of an insect, or infusoria, or entozoa; but there is no evidence that it can impart life, however exquisite the organization.

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The existence of entozoa, or parasitic animals, found in the interior of the bodies of other animals, and found nowhere else, is thought to support the same doctrine.

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