sarcosporidium Microbiology and Vet. Sci.
(ˌsɑːkəʊspɒˈrɪdɪəm)
Also Sarco-. Pl. -sporidia.
[mod.L., ad. F. sarcosporidie (G. Balbiani, in Jrnl. de Micrographie (1882) VI. 262, (1883) VII. 87): see sarco- and sporidium.]
A spore-forming protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis that is a common parasite in the muscle tissue of many vertebrates, esp. domestic and laboratory mammals. Usu. pl.
| 1891 Jrnl. Compar. Med. & Vet. Arch. XII. 693 The small cysts found in the muscular fibres of various animals and known as Sarcosporidia. Ibid., The negative results obtained..from feeding meat infected with sarcosporidia to various animals. 1927 Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. XV. 142 It is suggested that this parasite is an undescribed species of sarco-sporidium infecting the human host. 1930 Jrnl. Parasitol. XVI. 111 From the economic standpoint Sarco⁓sporidia are of chief interest to the veterinarian rather than the physician. 1970 Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Animals (ed. 2) I. ii. 121/2 Of those parasites with an affinity for muscle, the ubiquitous Sarcosporidia are the most common. The sarcocysts may be found in the Purkinje cells as well as in the myocardial fibres and normally appear to be of little detriment. |
Hence ˌsarcospoˈridial a., -spoˈridian a. and n.
| 1903 E. A. Minchin in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. I. ii. 301 The dangerous effects of the Sarcosporidian parasites. 1913 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. XVII. 221 (heading) Sarcocystis colii, n. sp., a Sarcosporidian occurring in the red-faced African mouse bird. 1924 Hegner & Taliaferro Human Protozool. xi. 372 (caption) Sarcosporidian spores. 1927 Indian Jrnl. Med. Res. XV. 142 Sarcocystic (Sarcosporidial) infection is common in cattle. 1949 C. A. Hoare Handbk. Med. Protozool. xiv. 271 Sarcosporidial infection has been reported in the muscles of the heart, larynx, tongue and the extremities. 1957 Smith & Jones Vet. Path. xx. 704 Myocarditis... Sarcosporidial..cysts are common in the heart muscle. |