Definition of "toxoplasmosis"

toxoplasmosis

/ˌtɒksəʊplæzˈməʊsɪs/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural toxoplasmoses
1. A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, that primarily affects felids, but also other mammals including humans.
  Quotations
  Some profiles are particularly associated with severe toxoplasmoses, but this relationship is especially true for experimental infections in the murine model.
  2001, P. Ambroise-Thomas, “Parasitic diseases and immunodeficiencies”, in F. E. G. Cox, L. H. Chappell, editors, Concomitant Infections, page 569
  In a study of treatment of the infected mother during pregnancy with spiramycin, pyrimethamine, and sulfonamides there was a significant reduction in the severity of congenital toxoplasmosis.
  2008, Sarah J. Gaskill, Arthur E. Marlin, “74: Tuberculosis and Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Central Nervous System”, in A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, P. David Adelson, editors, Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2nd edition, page 1189
  Like other Australian marsupial taxa, wombats appear particularly susceptible to toxoplasmosis due to exposure to the coccidian parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
  2008, Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods, editors, Medicine of Australian Mammals, unnumbered page