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scuticociliate

scuticociliate noun: any protozoan of the subclass Scuticociliatia.

Noun

scuticociliate (plural scuticociliates)

  1. Any protozoan of the subclass Scuticociliatia.
    • In Philasterides dicentrarchi, a scuticociliate pathogen of turbot, resveratrol causes oxidative stress, inhibition of antioxidant enzymes and morphological alterations in the mitochondria [17 ,54 ].2016 January 6, “Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis-Like Death and Prevents In Vitro and In Vivo Virulence of Entamoeba histolytica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of scuticociliate

pluralscuticociliates

Questions about scuticociliate

What does scuticociliate mean?
Scuticociliate means any protozoan of the subclass Scuticociliatia.
What part of speech is scuticociliate?
Scuticociliate is a noun.
What is the plural of scuticociliate?
The plural of scuticociliate is scuticociliates.

Words near scuticociliate in the dictionary

  1. scutes
  2. scutibranch
  3. scutibranchiate
  4. scutibranchiates
  5. scutibranchs
  6. scuticociliate
  7. scuticociliates
  8. scutiferous
  9. scutiform
  10. scutiforms
  11. scutigerellid

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