— sporocystic /spawr'euh sis"tik, spohr'-/ , adj.
/spawr"euh sist', spohr"-/ , n. Biol.
1. a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
2. a stage in development of trematodes that gives rise, asexually, to cercaria.
[ 1860-65; SPORO- + -CYST ]