sporocyst

[ spawr-uh-sist, spohr- ]

/ ˈspɔr əˌsɪst, ˈspoʊr- /

noun Biology.

a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.

a stage in development of trematodes that gives rise, asexually, to cercaria.

Origin of sporocyst

First recorded in 1860–65; sporo- + -cyst

OTHER WORDS FROM sporocyst

spo·ro·cys·tic

[spawr-uh-sis-tik, spohr-], /ˌspɔr əˈsɪs tɪk, ˌspoʊr-/, adjective

Words nearby sporocyst

Spork, sporo-, sporoagglutination, sporoblast, sporocarp, sporocyst, sporocyte, sporogenesis, sporogenous, sporogonium, sporogony

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Example sentences from the Web for sporocyst

If the original larva is without an alimentary tract, the second form becomes what is known as a Sporocyst.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
We may give more than one description of the distomian embryo as it leaves its sporocyst.
Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden
The Cercari when fully developed leave the Sporocyst or Redia, and then their host, and become free.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
It develops during the encapsuled state into a cystic worm, equivalent to the sporocyst of Trematoda.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

We sometimes find the cercarian age passed over, and the young distomes appear abundantly without tails in the sporocyst.
Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden

British Dictionary definitions for sporocyst

sporocyst

/ (ˈspɔːrəʊˌsɪst, ˈspɒ-) /

noun

a thick-walled rounded structure produced by sporozoan protozoans, in which sporozoites are formed

the saclike larva of a trematode worm that produces redia larvae by asexual reproduction

any similar structure containing spores

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Medical definitions for sporocyst

sporocyst

[ spôr′ə-sĭst′ ]

n.

A larval form in many trematode flatworms that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host.

A secondary cyst that develops from a sporoblast and produces within itself one or several sporozoites.

单词	sporocyst
释义	sporocyst [ spawr-uh-sist, spohr- ] / ˈspɔr əˌsɪst, ˈspoʊr- / noun Biology. a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites. a stage in development of trematodes that gives rise, asexually, to cercaria. Origin of sporocyst First recorded in 1860–65; sporo- + -cyst OTHER WORDS FROM sporocyst spo·ro·cys·tic [spawr-uh-sis-tik, spohr-], /ˌspɔr əˈsɪs tɪk, ˌspoʊr-/, adjective Words nearby sporocyst Spork, sporo-, sporoagglutination, sporoblast, sporocarp, sporocyst, sporocyte, sporogenesis, sporogenous, sporogonium, sporogony Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sporocyst If the original larva is without an alimentary tract, the second form becomes what is known as a Sporocyst. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)\|Francis Maitland Balfour We may give more than one description of the distomian embryo as it leaves its sporocyst. Animal Parasites and Messmates\|P. J. Van Beneden The Cercari when fully developed leave the Sporocyst or Redia, and then their host, and become free. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)\|Francis Maitland Balfour It develops during the encapsuled state into a cystic worm, equivalent to the sporocyst of Trematoda. The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)\|Francis Maitland Balfour We sometimes find the cercarian age passed over, and the young distomes appear abundantly without tails in the sporocyst. Animal Parasites and Messmates\|P. J. Van Beneden British Dictionary definitions for sporocyst sporocyst / (ˈspɔːrəʊˌsɪst, ˈspɒ-) / noun a thick-walled rounded structure produced by sporozoan protozoans, in which sporozoites are formed the saclike larva of a trematode worm that produces redia larvae by asexual reproduction any similar structure containing spores Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for sporocyst sporocyst [ spôr′ə-sĭst′ ] n. A larval form in many trematode flatworms that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host. A secondary cyst that develops from a sporoblast and produces within itself one or several sporozoites. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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