sporidium
[ spə-rĭd′ē-əm, spô- ]
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n. pl. spo•rid•i•a (-ē-ə)
A protozoan spore.
A protozoan organism in its embryonic stage.
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Words nearby sporidium
spore fruit, sporeling, spore print, spori-, sporicide, sporidium, sporiferous, Spork, sporo-, sporoagglutination, sporoblast
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Example sentences from the Web for sporidium
From this period each sporidium seems to have a separate existence.
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