Eukaryote
giardia
[ jee-ahr-dee-uh, jahr- ]
Subclass of:
Diplomonadida
Definitions related to giardia:
  • A genus of flagellate intestinal EUKARYOTES parasitic in various vertebrates, including humans. Characteristics include the presence of four pairs of flagella arising from a complicated system of axonemes and cysts that are ellipsoidal to ovoidal in shape.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A genus of parasitic protozoa that is the cause of giardiasis.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Giardia genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus in the Diplomonadida order; flagellate intestinal protozoa parasitic in various vertebrates, including humans; characteristics include the presence of four pairs of flagella arising from a complicated system of axonemes and cysts that are ellipsoidal to ovoidal in shape.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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