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Definition of Sarcocystis
1. Noun. Chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia.
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Order Sarcosporidia, Sarcosporidia
Member holonyms: Sarcocystidean, Sarcocystieian, Sarcosporidian
Medical Definition of Sarcocystis
1. A genus of protozoa found in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans. This heteroxenous parasite produces muscle cysts in intermediate hosts such as domestic herbivores (cattle, sheep, pigs) and rodents. Final hosts are predators such as dogs, cats, and man. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcocystis
Literary usage of Sarcocystis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"As is well known, sarcocystis is a Protozoan parasite which belongs to the Sporozoa,
... sarcocystis causes death in mice, the host becoming rapidly ..."
2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"... <'f sarcocystis miesc/uriana fr in the diaphragm of the | ig, showing nivi-ion
in p«n- ... Young sarcocystis tent I la 01 the sheep, 47 ^ in length. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Hence it seems best to make a new species, and I propose to call this parasite
sarcocystis ... sarcocystis ..."
4. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"The present view is that we have only one genus of these parasites, viz., sarcocystis.
As the young trophozoite grows nuclei increase and a definite ..."
5. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"The present view is that we have only one genus of these parasites, viz., sarcocystis.
As the young trophozoite grows nuclei increase and a definite ..."
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