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metacystic

metacystic adjective: relating to a metacyst.

Adjective

metacystic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a metacyst
    • After ingestion by the host, tetra-nucleated metacystic amoebae emerge in the small intestine (excystation) and undergo several divisions to yield eight trophic amoebae [27 –29 ].2015 October 1, “Entamoeba histolytica Dmc1 Catalyzes Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange That Is Stimulated by Calcium and Hop2-Mnd1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of metacystic

From metacyst + -ic.

Questions about metacystic

What does metacystic mean?
Metacystic means relating to a metacyst.
What part of speech is metacystic?
Metacystic is an adjective.

Words near metacystic in the dictionary

  1. metacyclogenesis
  2. metacyclogenic
  3. metacyclophane
  4. metacyclophanes
  5. metacyst
  6. metacystic
  7. metacysts
  8. metadata
  9. metadatabase
  10. metadatabases
  11. metadataset

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