Haematozoon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A parasite inhabiting the blood.

II. Haematozoon ·noun Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, ·etc.

III. Haematozoon ·noun The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.