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SPOROCYST

Definition: SPOROCYST

SPOROCYST

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Sporocyst \Spo"ro*cyst\, noun. [Greek expression seed bladder.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definition: SPOROCYST

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: SPOROCYST

English words defined with "SPOROCYST": RediaWater tube. (references)

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Modern Translation: SPOROCYST

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SPOROCYST

Derivations

Words beginning with "SPOROCYST": sporocysts. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SPOROCYST"

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)

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Anagrams: SPOROCYST

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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