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Sporozoite

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sporocystnoun	(biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.
sporontnoun	(biology) In the sexual reproduction of certain sporozoans: an encysted spore, developed from a zygote, which undergoes sporogony to form sporozoites.
sporozoannoun	Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria
sporoblastnoun	A sporozoan cell, found in the oocyst of the malarial parasite in the mosquito, that produces spores and sporozoites.
sporozoidnoun	(archaic) A sporozoan.
oocystnoun	(biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite.
sporogonynoun	The formation of sporozoites from spores or zygotes.
sporidnoun	(chiefly botany) A sporidium.
zoitenoun	sporozoite
sporidiumnoun	Any spore.
polyzoic	(zoology) Of a tapeworm, having multiple proglottids.
sporophorocystnoun	A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
sporogenesisnoun	(cytology) The process by which spores are produced.
sporosacnoun	(zoology) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable of reproducing other germ cells by asexual generation; a redia.
sporocytenoun	A cell that produces haploid spores during meiosis
sporoplasmnoun	(biology) The protoplasm of a spore, particularly in the myxospores.
merozoitenoun	(biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont
spirocystnoun	Any protozoan of the genus Spirocystis
sporulatornoun	(biology) An organism that produces spores
sporidesmnoun	(botany, rare) A pluricellular body which becomes free like a simple spore, and in which every cell is capable of germination.