sporozoite

American  

[spawr-uh-zoh-ahyt, spohr-] / ˌspɔr əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌspoʊr- /

noun

1. one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.

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sporozoite British  

/ ˌspɒ-, ˌspɔːrəˈzəʊaɪt /

noun

1. any of numerous small mobile usually infective individuals produced in sporozoans by sporogony

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sporozoite Scientific  

/ spôr′ə-zō′īt′ /

1. Any of the minute, undeveloped apicomplexans produced by multiple fission of a zygote or spore, especially at the stage just before infection of a new host cell.

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Etymology

Origin of sporozoite

First recorded in 1885–90; Sporozo(a) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

"The vaccine induces an antibody which prevents the sporozoite from invading the liver," Wirth explained.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2021

Rather than target the parasite itself, the vaccine targets the sporozoite protein that helps the parasite find the liver.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2021

Nussenzweig and her immunologist husband Victor decided to focus their efforts on a sporozoite vaccine.

From Time Magazine Archive

By successive divisions, usually mitotic, the zygote-nucleus gives rise to eight daughter-nuclei, each of which becomes the nucleus of a sporozoite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Thus in Pterocephalus, only the rostrum of the sporozoite penetrates into the host-cell, and no epimerite is formed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various