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oocyst
Encysted form of a fertalized macrogamete of zygote in coccidian sporozoa. Sporonts form within the oocyst wall, giving rise to sporoblasts which undergo sporogony to form sporocysts & eventually infectious sporozoites for the next stage of the sporozoan life cycle.
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macrogamete
sporoblast (zygotomere)
sporocyst
sporogony
sporont
sporozoa
sporozoite
General
abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995