Sporocyst is a common name of a lifecycle stage in two unrelated groups of species: ...
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• (n.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation. • (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the...
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1. <zoology> An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs...
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(spor´o-sist) any cyst or sac containing spores or reproductive cells; the oocyst of certain protozoa in which sporozoites develop. the larval stages of flukes in snails.
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Spo'ro·cyst noun [ Greek ... seed + ... bladder.]
1. (Zoology) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvæ by...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: spō′rō-sist Definitions: 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...
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Larval stage of flukes that arises from the free-swimming miracidium stage.
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Component of the sporulated oocyst that contains the sporozoites. sporulated oocysts contain either 2 (Sarcocystis & Isospora) or 4 sporocysts (Eimeria).
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