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oocysts

oocysts is the plural of oocyst.

Meaning of oocyst

Noun

oocyst (plural oocysts)

  1. (archaic) A reproductive cell in certain fungi.
  2. A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite.
    • Ross had found in the stomach wall of an Anopheles mosquito the oocysts (eggs) which are the intermediate stage of the Plasmodium life cycle.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, page 453

Questions about oocysts

What is oocysts the plural of?
Oocysts is the plural of oocyst.

Words near oocysts in the dictionary

  1. oocyan
  2. oocyanin
  3. oocyesis
  4. oocyst
  5. oocystic
  6. oocysts
  7. oocyte
  8. oocytectomies
  9. oocytectomise
  10. oocytectomised
  11. oocytectomy

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