See Also: Gregarinae(medicine)

colectomy (iou) and Gregarinae (medicine)


colectomy (iou)



colectomy noun. L19.
[from COLON noun1 + -ECTOMY.]
Surgical removal of all or part of the colon; an instance of this.

Gregarinae (medicine)


gregarinae
<zoology> An order of Protozoa, allied to the Rhizopoda, and parasitic in Other animals, as in the earthworm, lobster, etc. When adult, they have a small, wormlike body inclosing a nucleus, but without external organs; in one of the young stages, they are amoebiform.

Synonym: Gregarinida, and Gregarinaria.

Origin: NL, fr. Gregarina the typical genus, fr. L. Gregarius. See Gregarious.

Source: Websters Dictionary