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Sporozoite vs Sporocyst - What's the difference?

sporozoite | sporocyst |

As nouns the difference between sporozoite and sporocyst

is that sporozoite is any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell while sporocyst is a cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.

sporozoite

English

Noun

(wikipedia sporozoite) (en noun)
  • Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.
  • Derived terms

    *circumsporozoite

    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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