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Definition: SPOROCYST |
SPOROCYSTNoun1. Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation. 2. An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia. |
Etymology: Sporocyst \Spo"ro*cyst\, noun. [Greek expression seed bladder.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A stage in the life-cycle of many protozoa and of trematoda. (references) |
Medicine | A stage in the life-cycle:-of many protozoa; -of trematoda. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SPOROCYST |
| English words defined with "SPOROCYST": Redia ♦ Water tube. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SPOROCYST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | sporocyst. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | sporocyste (rosette of Golgi). (various references) | ||||
French | sporocyste. (various references) | ||||
German | Sporozyste. (various references) | ||||
Italian | sporocisti. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | orocystspay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SPOROCYST": sporocysts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SPOROCYST" (pronounced 'Spo"ro*cyst'): Acephalocyst, Aerocyst, Blastocyst, Ctenocyst, Cyst, Encyst, Lithocyst, Nematocyst, Otocyst, Ovicyst, Phyllocyst, Pneumatocyst, Sagittocyst, Somatocyst, Urocyst, Zoocyst. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: topcross. | |
-2 letters: cryptos, oocysts, scroops. | |
-3 letters: coopts, crypto, crypts, oocyst, prosos, roosts, scoops, scoots, scroop, sopors, spoors, sports, sporty, stoops, strops, stroys, torsos, troops. | |
-4 letters: coops, coopt, coots, corps, costs, crops, cross, crypt, cysts, ports, posts, potsy, proso, pross, prost, prosy, roost, roots, rooty, rotos, ryots, scoop, scoot, scops, scots, soots, sooty, sopor, sorts. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-o-o-p-r-s-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: sporocysts. | |
+2 letters: gastroscopy, stereoscopy, syncopators. | |
+3 letters: spectroscopy. | |
+4 letters: cryptologists, postsecondary, psychohistory, psychotropics. | |
+5 letters: cryptococcoses, cryptococcosis. | |
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