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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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