English Explanatory Dictionary

sporocyst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.
  2. A larval stage in many trematode worms.
  3. A structure in Ascosphaera fungi within which the asci form.

Word forms

sporocyst sporocysts

Etymology

From sporo- + cyst.

Derived words

pansporocyst sporocystic zoosporocyst
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