Hematozoal

/ˌhɛmətəˈzoʊəl/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or caused by hematozoa, parasitic organisms that live in the blood.

Etymology

From hematozoa + -al. This scientific adjective describes the characteristics or effects of blood parasites on their hosts.

Kelly Says

Hematozoal diseases have shaped human history more than most people realize—sleeping sickness and malaria killed explorers and colonists and changed where people could settle on Earth. Tiny parasites in your blood literally redrew the map of human civilization!

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