GC: n

S: FAO – http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=ES2001001232 (last access: 5 December 2014); PatientUK – http://www.patient.co.uk/search.asp?searchterm=PROTOZOIASIS,%20NOS (last access: 8 December 2014).

N: 1. New Latin, from Protozoa + -iasis.
Protozoa (n): 1828, from Modern Latin Protozoa, coined 1818 by German zoologist Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) from Greek protos “first” + zoia, plural of zoion “animal”. Originally including sponges and corals; current sense is from 1845.
-iasis (suffix): infection related with protozoan and parasites.
2. Infection with or disease caused by protozoan parasites.
3. Examples of diseases related with protozoiasis are: amoebiasis, giardiasis, visceral leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis or malaria.

S: LAW – http://www.enacademic.com/searchall.php?SWord=protozoiasis&from=en&to=en&did=&stype=0 (last access: 5 December 2014); Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=protozoa&searchmode=none (last access: 5 December 2014). 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/protozoiasis (last access: 5 December 2014). 3. RJB – http://www.ibiol.ro/zoology/Volume%2056/PDF%20RJB-Z%2056%201,%202011.pdf (last access: 5 December 2014).

SYN: 1. protozoosis. 2. protozoan disease.

S: 1. GDT (last access: 5 December 2014). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 5 December 2014).

CR: amebiasis, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis, malaria, parasite, protozoa, quinine, toxoplasmosis.