sporoblast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sporozoan cell, found in the oocyst of the malarial parasite in the mosquito, that produces spores and sporozoites.

Word forms

sporoblast sporoblasts

Etymology

From sporo- + -blast.

Related words

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