Sporocyst (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Biology.
  1. a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites.
  2. a stage in development of trematodes that gives rise, asexually, to cercaria.
noun
  1. a thick-walled rounded structure produced by sporozoan protozoans, in which sporozoites are formed
  2. the saclike larva of a trematode worm that produces redia larvae by asexual reproduction
  3. any similar structure containing spores
Sporocyst (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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