Eukaryote
toxoplasma Audio
tox·o·plas·ma [ tok-suh-plaz-muh ]
Subclass of:
Sarcocystidae
Etymology:
Greek toxikon = poison + plasma = a thing formed
Coined in 1909 by Nicolle and Manceaux for this protozoan parasite.
Definitions related to toxoplasma:
  • A genus of protozoa parasitic to birds and mammals. T. gondii is one of the most common infectious pathogenic animal parasites of man.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A genus of protozoa that is parasitic in humans, other mammals, and some birds.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Toxoplasma genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of protozoa in the Sarcocystidae family of parasites; parasitic to birds and mammals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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