coccidio.
(From cóccido).
1. adj. Zool. He said the esporozoos protozoa that almost always live parasites within cells, especially epithelial, of many animals, where they remain until the time of reproduction, then leaving children individuals to install at the same time in separate cells. Many are pathogenic. U t. c. s. m.
2. m. pl. Zool. Order of these animals.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
