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sporozoite
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sporozoite /spo·ro·zo·ite/ (-zo´it) the motile, infective stage of certain protozoa that results from sporogony.
spo·ro·zo·ite (spôr-zt)
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.
sporozoite
a spore formed after fertilization; a sickle-shaped nucleated germ formed by division of the protoplasm during sporogony (asexual replication) of an apicomplexan parasite. The sporozoite is an infective stage (e.g. Eimeria, Cryptosporidium).
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