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sporozoite definition

spo·ro·zo·ite (-īt′)

noun

an infective body or group of cells released from spores in many sporozoans and formed by the division of a zygote: it is the infective stage of the malaria parasite

Etymology: < ModL Sporozoa (see sporozoan) + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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