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sporocyst
[ spawr-uh-sist, spohr- ]
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.
sporocyst
/ ˈspɒ-; ˈspɔːrəʊˌsɪst /
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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Other Words From
- spo·ro·cys·tic [spawr-, uh, -, sis, -tik, spohr-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sporocyst1
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Example Sentences
The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvæ by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs.
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The period of development varies from ten to twenty weeks; each sporocyst may give rise to from five to eight redia and each redia to from twelve to twenty cercaria.
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The sporocyst, as it is now called, develops into a third generation known as redia which escape from the cyst.
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