SPOROZOITE

sporozoite

(noun) one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sporozoite (plural sporozoites)

(cytology) Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

Source: Wiktionary


Spo`ro*zo"ite, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle- shaped or somewhat amoboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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