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/spɒɹəˈzəʊʌɪt/ · noun
(cytology) Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell..
Ross […] was then able to outline its history within the mosquito: first, as a zygote in the stomach; then as an oocyst in the stomach wall; and finally as a mature sporozoite that reaches first the proboscis and then a human host when the insect bites and squirts its saliva prior to sucking blood.
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Sporozoite means (cytology) Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell..
Common synonyms include zoite.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Ross […] was then able to outline its history within the mosquito: first, as a zygote in the stomach; then as an oocyst in the stomach wall; and finally as a mature sporozoite that reaches first the proboscis and then a human host when the insect bites and squirts its saliva prior to sucking blood.
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