SPOROCYST


Meaning of SPOROCYST in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .