Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ei·me·ria Pronunciation:
I-'mir-E-& Function:
noun : a genus of coccidian protozoans that invade the visceral epithelia andespecially the intestinal wall of many vertebrates and some invertebrates and that include serious pathogens —
ei·me·ri·an /-E-&n/ adjective ornoun Eiámer /'I-m&r/,
Theodor Gustav Heinrich (1843–1898), German zoologist. Eimer is known largely for his opposition to the Darwinian theory ofselection. He held that variation in organisms occurred not by chance but according to laws and that new characteristics resulted from physiological-chemical causes.
