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TOXOPLASMOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("toxoplasmosis" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
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