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sporozoite
[ spawr-uh-zoh-ahyt, spohr- ]
/ ˌspɔr əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌspoʊr- /
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noun
one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
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Origin of sporozoite
First recorded in 1885–90; Sporozo(a) + -ite1
Words nearby sporozoite
Sporothrix, sporotrichosis, -sporous, Sporozoa, sporozoan, sporozoite, sporran, sport, sporter, sport fish, sportfisherman
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How to use sporozoite in a sentence
The sporoplasm, representing the sporozoite, is always single.
British Dictionary definitions for sporozoite
sporozoite
/ (ˌspɔːrəˈzəʊaɪt, ˌspɒ-) /
noun
any of numerous small mobile usually infective individuals produced in sporozoans by sporogony
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Medical definitions for sporozoite
sporozoite
[ spôr′ə-zō′īt′ ]
n.
Any of the minute undeveloped sporozoans produced by multiple fission of a zygote or spore, especially at the stage just before it infects a new host cell.
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Scientific definitions for sporozoite
sporozoite
[ spôr′ə-zō′īt′ ]
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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