sporocyst
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
1Other words from sporocyst
- spo·ro·cys·tic [spawr-uh-sis-tik, spohr-], /ˌspɔr əˈsɪs tɪk, ˌspoʊr-/, adjective
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How to use sporocyst in a sentence
Within this snail—Linnæa truncatula—the egg develops into a sac-like body, called a sporocyst.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life | B. LindsayWe 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 BenedenWe may give more than one description of the distomian embryo as it leaves its sporocyst.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenWhen stripped of their swimming tunic, these young distomes have the form of a bag, which for a long time was called a sporocyst.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van BenedenThe embryo, having long cili in front, and in the interior a sporocyst already full of young cercari, is shown in Fig. 44.
Animal Parasites and Messmates | P. J. Van Beneden
British Dictionary definitions for sporocyst
/ (ˈspɔːrəʊˌsɪst, ˈspɒ-) /
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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