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sporozoite

N สปอร์ สัตว์ช นิดหนึ่ง 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPOROZOITE

SPOROZOITE Spo `ro *zo "ite, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle- shaped or somewhat amoboid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sporozoite

spo ro zo ite |ˌspôrəˈzōˌīt ˌspɔrəˈzoʊaɪt | ▶noun Zoology & Medicine a motile sporelike stage in the life cycle of some parasitic sporozoans (e.g., the malaria organism ) that is typically the infective agent introduced into a host. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from sporo- ‘relating to spores ’ + Greek zoion ‘animal ’ + -ite 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sporozoite

sporozoite |ˌspɒrə (ʊ )ˈzəʊʌɪt, ˌspɔː -| ▶noun Zoology & Medicine a motile spore-like stage in the life cycle of some parasitic sporozoans (e.g. the malaria organism ), which is typically the infective agent introduced into a host. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from sporo- ‘relating to spores ’ + Greek zoion ‘animal ’ + -ite 1 .