Noun: toxoplasma
| Singular | toxoplasma |
| Plural | toxoplasmata; toxoplasmas |
Sample Sentences
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To mingle with others of its kind and produce the next generation of eggs, toxoplasma must find its way to the gastrointestinal tract of a cat. [2007 June 26, Natalie Angier, “In Parasite Survival, Ploys to Get Help From a Host”, in New York Times:]
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All in all, toxoplasmata seem to be unpleasant but otherwise unimportant little critters, if you don't happen to be pregnant. [2015, Giulia Enders, translated by David Shaw, Gut, Scribe, published 2016, page 198:]
Nouns inflected like toxoplasma
schema,
smegma,
hyperschema,
mycoderma,
zeugma,
nomisma,
ancylostoma,
epirrhema,
antisigma,
toxoplasma,
sterigma,
necrogranuloma,
cathisma,
lymphoma,
derma,
syntagma,
stoma,
eczema,
conidioma,
bregma, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the genus name.