Medical term:
Paramecium
Paramecium
[par″ah-me´she-um]a genus of ciliate protozoa.
paramecium
[par″ah-me´she-um]any organism of the genus Paramecium.
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Paramecium
(par'ă-mē'shē-ŭm, -sē-ŭm),An abundant genus of freshwater holotrichous ciliates, characteristically slipper-shaped and often large enough to be visible to the naked eye; commonly used for genetic and other studies.
[G. paramēkēs, rather long, fr. mēkos, length]
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paramecium
(păr′ə-mē′sē-əm, -shē-əm)n. pl. parame·cia (-sē-ə, -shē-ə) or parame·ciums
Any of various slipper-shaped freshwater ciliate protozoans of the genus Paramecium, having an oral groove for feeding.
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Par·a·me·ci·um
(par'ă-mē'sē-ŭm)An abundant genus of freshwater holotrichous ciliates, characteristically slipper shaped and often large enough to be visible to the naked eye; commonly used for genetic and other studies.
[G. paramēkēs, rather long, fr. mēkos, length]
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Fig. 245 Paramecium . General structure.
Paramecium
a genus of freshwater PROTOZOAN, having an oval body covered with cilia and a ventral ciliated groove for feeding.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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