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paramaecium

paramaecium is the archaic form of paramecium.

Meaning of paramecium

Noun

paramecium (plural paramecia or parameciums)

  1. An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus Paramecium.
    • The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin 2009, page 144

Forms of paramaecium

pluralparamaecia

Questions about paramaecium

What is paramaecium the archaic form of?
Paramaecium is the archaic form of paramecium.

Words near paramaecium in the dictionary

  1. paramaatma
  2. paramacellodid
  3. paramacellodids
  4. paramacular
  5. paramaecia
  6. paramaecium
  7. paramagnet
  8. paramagnetic
  9. paramagnetic resonance
  10. paramagnetically
  11. paramagneticlike

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