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sporozoite

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spo⋅ro⋅zo⋅ite

  [spawr-uh-zoh-ahyt, spohr-]
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–noun
one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
Origin:
1885–90; Sporozo(a) + -ite 1
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spo·ro·zo·ite   (spôr'ə-zō'īt', spōr'-)   
n.  Any of the minute undeveloped sporozoans produced by multiple fission of a zygote or spore, especially at the stage just before it infects a new host cell.

[sporozo(an) + -ite1.]
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Main Entry: spo·ro·zo·ite
Pronunciation: -'zO-"It
Function: noun
: a usually motile infective form of some sporozoans (as the malariaparasite) that is a product of sporogony and initiates an asexual cycle in the new host
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sporozoite spo·ro·zo·ite (spôr'ə-zō'īt')
n.
Any of the minute undeveloped sporozoans produced by multiple fission of a zygote or spore, especially at the stage just before it infects a new host cell.

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sporozoite   (spôr'ə-zō'īt')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of the minute, undeveloped apicomplexans produced by multiple fission of a zygote or spore, especially at the stage just before infection of a new host cell.
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