"sporozoite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /spɒɹəˈzəʊʌɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-sporozoite.wav Forms: sporozoites [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Sporozoa + -ite. Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Sporozoa}} translingual Sporozoa Head templates: {{en-noun}} sporozoite (plural sporozoites)
  1. (cytology) Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell. Wikipedia link: sporozoite Categories (topical): Cytology Derived forms: circumsporozoite, sporozoitic

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