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sporozoite

spo·ro·zo·ite [ spàwrə zṓ īt ] (plural spo·ro·zo·ites)


noun 
Definition:
 
individual produced by asexual fission: a small infectious motile stage in the life of sporozoans produced by sporogony, usually within a host

[Late 19th century. < modern Latin Sporozoa (see sporozoan)]
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