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macrocyst

American  
[mak-ruh-sist] / ˈmæk rəˌsɪst /

noun

Mycology.

  1. a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.

macrocyst British  
/ ˈmækrəʊˌsɪst /

noun

  1. an unusually large cyst

  2. (in slime moulds) an encysted resting protoplasmic mass See plasmodium

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Etymology

Origin of macrocyst

macro- + cyst

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