Definitions for sporozoiteˌspɔr əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌspoʊr-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
spo•ro•zo•iteˌspɔr əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌspoʊr-(n.)
one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain sporozoans divides, each developing into an adult individual.
Category: Microbiology
Origin of sporozoite:
1885–90
Princeton's WordNet
sporozoite(noun)
one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
Wiktionary
sporozoite(Noun)
Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.
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