TOXOPLASMA GONDII103. AGETS O OODBORE ILLESS. Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that causes the disease toxoplasmosis. It is a very common parasitic. infection in humans and other warm-blooded animals, with approximately a third of the worldâs human population. estimated to have been exposed to the parasite.
A cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning ledge) is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building or furniture elementâ the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the top edge of a pedestal or along the top of an interior wall.
Full Definition of RIDGE. 1. : an elevated body part or structure. 2. a: a range of hills or mountains b: an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom. 3. : an elongate crest or a linear series of crests. 4. : a raised strip (as of plowed ground).