Definition of Sporocyst. Meaning of Sporocyst. Synonyms of Sporocyst

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Definition of Sporocyst

Sporocyst
Sporocyst Spo"ro*cyst, n. [Gr. ? seed + ? bladder.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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 larv[ae] by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.

Meaning of Sporocyst from wikipedia

- Look up sporocyst in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sporocyst can refer to: A structure in Ascosphaera fungi A lifecycle stage in two unrelated groups...
- develop within the intermediate host into a sac-like structure known as a sporocyst or into rediae, either of which may give rise to free-swimming, motile...
- larvae grow and take on a sac-like appearance. This stage is known as the sporocyst and it forms a central body in the snail's digestive gland that extends...
- develop in the snail's hepatopancreas into the next stage, a sporocyst. The mature sporocyst consists of a number of branches spreading through the haemocoel...
- Platyhelminthes Turbellaria: Müller's larva, Götte's larva; Trematoda: miracidium, sporocyst, redia, cercaria; Monogenea: oncomiracidium; Cestoda: cysticercus, cysticercoid...
- into sporocysts and undergo active cell division after two w****s. The mother sporocyst produces many daughter sporocysts. Each daughter sporocyst forms...
- trematode class of parasites. It develops within the germinal cells of the sporocyst or redia. A cercaria has a tapering head with large penetration glands...
- development. Certain carbohydrates are bound all over the body of the sporocyst stage but have only been found to be present on the "intercellular ridges"...
- metamorphosis into a sporocyst. The sporocyst gives rise to small larvae called rediae. The rediae burst out from the sporocyst to become the next-stage...
- through the snail’s digestive tract. The sporocyst develop in the hepatopancreas of the snail. The sporocysts grow into a tree-like structure, with some...