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protothecosis

protothecosis noun: infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.

Noun

protothecosis (usually uncountable, plural protothecoses or protothecosises)

  1. (usually) Infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.

Forms of protothecosis

pluralprotothecoses
pluralprotothecosises

Origin of protothecosis

From translingual Prototheca (genus of green algae) + -osis.

Questions about protothecosis

What does protothecosis mean?
Protothecosis means infection by a parasitic green alga of the genus Prototheca.
What part of speech is protothecosis?
Protothecosis is a noun.
What is the plural of protothecosis?
The plural of protothecosis is protothecoses.

Words near protothecosis in the dictionary

  1. prototetrapods
  2. protothecan
  3. protothecans
  4. protothecoide
  5. protothecoides
  6. protothecosis
  7. prototheme
  8. protothemes
  9. prototheorid
  10. prototheorids
  11. protothere

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