Medical Definition of Cephalont

1. Adult stage of a cephaline gregarine, a sporozoan parasite commonly found in arthropods and other invertebrate hosts. The body is usually divided by a septum into an anterior epimerite and protomerite and a posterior deutomerite; acephaline gregarines lack a dividing septum. Origin: cephalo-+ G. On (ont-), being (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalont

cephalomelus
cephalomeningitis
cephalometer
cephalometric
cephalometrics
cephalometric analysis
cephalometric radiograph
cephalometric tracing
cephalometric viewer
cephalometric X-rays
cephalometries
cephalometry
cephalometry
cephalomotor
Cephalomyia
cephalont (current term)
cephalopagus
cephalopalpebral reflex
cephalopathy
cephalopelvic
cephalopelvimetry
cephalopharyngeus
cephalopod
Cephalopoda
cephalopodan
cephalopods
cephalopod mollusk
Cephalopterus
Cephalopterus ornatus
cephaloridine

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