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Cyst vs Sporocyst - What's the difference?

cyst | sporocyst |

As nouns the difference between cyst and sporocyst

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while sporocyst is a cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.

cyst

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

    • See also

    * enchondroma ----

    sporocyst

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop
  • A larval stage in many trematode worms

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