Definition of Oocysts

1. Noun. (plural of oocyst) ¹

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Definition of Oocysts

1. oocyst [n] - See also: oocyst

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oocysts

onymous
onyon
onyx
onyx marble
onyxes
onyxis
onyxitis
oo
oo-
oo-er
oobit
oobits
oobleck
oocyesis
oocyst
oocysts (current term)
oocyte
oocyte donation
oocyte expression
oocytes
oodles
oodlins
ooecia
ooecium
ooer
oof
oofier
oofiest
oofless
oofs

Literary usage of Oocysts

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

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Faecal contamination of the food of rabbits results, and coccidian oocysts are swallowed. Under the influence of the pancreatic juice of a new host, ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"oocysts of E. necatrix were derived from a single cell isolated from a natural ... Cultures of sporulated oocysts were stored in 2-5 per cent potassium ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1916)
"oocysts of Plasmodium falciparum in Anopheles crucians (No. 703.6). FIG. 2. ... Two oocysts of Plasmodium vivax in Anopheles punctipennis (No. 612.1). FIG. ..."

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