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Definition of Sporozoite
1. Noun. One of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle.
Definition of Sporozoite
1. n. In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat amœboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.
Definition of Sporozoite
1. Noun. Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell. ¹
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Definition of Sporozoite
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Medical Definition of Sporozoite
1. One of the minute elongated bodies resulting from the repeated division of the oocyst during sporogony. In the case of the malarial parasite, it is the form that is concentrated in the salivary glands and introduced into the blood by the bite of a mosquito; it enters the liver cells (exoerythrocytic cycle), whose progeny, the merozoites, infect the red blood cells to initiate clinical malaria. Synonym: germinal rod, zoite, zygotoblast. Origin: sporo-+ G. Zoon, animal (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Sporozoite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"In the second place, the sporozoite moves forward by a gliding movement similar
to that of ... dO, penetration of an epithelial cell by a sporozoite. ..."
2. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"The radiation-attenuated sporozoite strategy is being pursued by a private ...
Attenuated sporozoite vaccines would provide a multistage vaccine without the ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"The sporozoite is piriform or vermiform. At the anterior end, the protoplasm is
stiffened and ... In its chosen place, the sporozoite grows to be an adult ..."
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