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sporocyst
[spor´o-sist]1. any cyst or sac containing spores or reproductive cells; the oocyst of certain protozoa in which sporozoites develop.
2. the larval stages of flukes in snails.
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spo·ro·cyst
(spō'rō-sist),1. A larval form of digenetic trematode (fluke) that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host, usually a snail; the sporocyst forms a simple saclike structure with germinal cells that bud off internally and develop into other larval types that continue this process of larval multiplication (considered to be a form of polyembryony).
See also: miracidium, redia, cercaria.
See also: miracidium, redia, cercaria.
2. A secondary cyst that develops within the oocyst of Coccidia, a group of sporozoans that includes many of the most important disease agents of domestic animals and fowl; the sporocyst develops from a sporoblast and produces within itself one or several sporozoites, the infective agents for infection and multiplication in the next host.
[sporo- + G. kystis, bladder]
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sporocyst
(spôr′ə-sĭst′)n.
1. A resting cell that produces asexual plant spores.
2. A protective structure containing the infective sporozoites of an apicomplexan parasite.
3. A saclike larval stage in many trematodes, from which the rediae emerge.
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spo·ro·cyst
(spōr'ō-sist)1. A larval form of digenetic trematode (fluke) that develops in the body of its molluscan intermediate host, usually a snail.
See also: cercaria
See also: cercaria
2. A secondary cyst that develops within the oocyst of Coccidia, a group of sporozoans that includes many of the most important disease agents of domestic animals and fowl.
[sporo- + G. kystis, bladder]
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sporocyst
a cyst producing asexual spores.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005