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Definition of Oocyst

1. a zygote [n -S] - See also: zygote

Medical Definition of Oocyst

1. The encysted form of the fertilised macrogamete, or zygote, in coccidian Sporozoea in which sporogonic multiplication occurs. This results in the formation of sporozoites, infectious agents for the next stage of the sporozoan life cycle. Origin: G. Oon, egg, + kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oocyst

Literary usage of Oocyst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"There now follows a long period of growth, during which the oocyst attains a ... The mitosis within the wall cell whose division produces the oocyst is ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Effect of Different Drugs on oocyst-production Five groups of six 3 week old RxW. ... The highest oocyst- production per chicken occurred between the ninth ..."

3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"After fertilization a resistant membrane is formed and the term oocyst is used. Within the oocyst are found smaller cysts, the sporocysts, ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In the present case, however, the zygote does not at once secrete aa oocyst, with a thick resistant wall; on tbe contrary, it changes its shape, ..."

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