Look up: Sarcocystis

1. Sarcocystis
   [n] - chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia
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2. sarcocystis
   a genus of sarcosporidia Category: Medicine
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3. sarcocystis
   A genus of protozoa found in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans. This heteroxenous parasite produces muscle cysts in intermediate hosts such as domestic herbivores (cattle, sheep, pigs) and rodents. Final hosts are predators such as dogs, cats, and man. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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4. Sarcocystis
   genus Sarcocystis noun chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia
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5. Sarcocystis
   (sahr″ko-sis´tis) a genus of coccidian protozoa parasitic in birds, reptiles, and many species of mammals, including humans; the organisms are found as elongated cylindrical bodies called sarcocysts in the host's muscles. All species of Sarcocystis have an obligatory two-host life cycle, involving sexual reproduct...
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6. Sarcocystis
   genus of sporozoan parasites (phylum Protozoa) that are found in the heart and skeletal muscles of mammals (cattle, pigs, sheep, and man), birds, ...
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7. Sarcocystis
   Type: Term Pronunciation: sar′kō-sis′tis Definitions: 1. A genus of protozoan parasites, related to the sporozoan genera Eimeria, Isospora, and Toxoplasma, and placed in a distinct family, Sarcocystidae, but with the above genera in the same suborder, Eimeriina, within the subclass ...
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8. Sarcocystis
   `Sarcocystis` is a genus of protozoa. Species in this genus infect reptiles, birds and mammals. The name is dervived from Greek: sarx = flesh and kystis = bladder. There are about 130 recognised species in this genus. Revision of the taxonomy of this genus is ongoing, and it is possibl...
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