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oocyst

[oh-uh-sist]

o·o·cyst

[oh-uh-sist]
noun Biology.
the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.

Origin:
1870–75; oo- + -cyst
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Oocyst is always a great word to know.
So is heteronomous. Does it mean:
the close external resemblance of an organism to some different organism, such that it benefits from mistaken identity, as seeming to be unpalatable
subject to different laws of growth or specialization
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oocyst (ˈəʊəˌsɪst)
 
n
an encysted zygote of sporozoan protozoans that undergoes sporogony to produce infective sporozoites

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oocyst o·o·cyst (ō'ə-sĭst')
n.
A thick-walled structure in which sporozoan zygotes develop and that serves to transfer them to new hosts.

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