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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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  1. Fields of Study
  2. physiology
  3. growth and development
  4. developmental stages
  5. cysts (developmental stages)
  6. oocysts

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oocysts

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Definition

  • Information Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small individual infective organisms called sporozoites. Then, depending on the genus, the entire oocyst is called a sporocyst or the oocyst contains multiple sporocysts encapsulating the sporozoites.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012

    Type: Concept definition

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