Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
en·ceph·a·li·to·zo·on Pronunciation:
-"lIt-&-'zO-"än, -'zO-&n Function:
noun 1 capitalized,
in some classifications : a genus of microorganisms of uncertain systematic position that are known from intracellular bodies in neural and visceral structures ofvarious mammals (as the rabbit) in which they are associated with an encephalitis and sometimes a nephritis
2 pl en·ceph·a·li·to·zoa /-'zO-&/ : an organism or intracellular body assigned to the genus
Encephalitozoon
