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toxoplasmosis

Noun

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toxoplasmosis (countable and uncountable, plural toxoplasmoses)

A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.
Synonym: (informal) toxo

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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There is some risk to increase birth defects if you do a lot of outdoor gardening when you are pregnant. That can increase rates of toxoplasmosis. Emily Oster

According to the CDC, toxoplasmosis is dangerous to pregnant women because it can cause birth defects such as eye or brain damage, or even miscarriage. Source: Internet

Other important findings included concurrent sarcocystosis and toxoplasmosis, uterine leiomyoma tumors as well as vertebral periosteal proliferations, bite wounds from cookiecutter sharks (Isistius sp.), excessive tooth wear, and an ingested fish hook. Source: Internet

Older students should research and be assigned a less well-known disease (such as toxoplasmosis, ghiardia, sarcoptic mange, leptospirosis, psittacosis, camelpox, encephalitis, salmonellosis, Q-fever, and hookworm). Source: Internet

Undercooked meat (and poultry) can harbor such bacteria as E. coli, Trichinella, and Salmonella (all of which can cause a bad case of food poisoning) or cause toxoplasmosis. Source: Internet

South African studies have shown that toxoplasmosis works the same way on Chimpanzees vis-a-vis leopards. Source: Internet

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