sporozoite

sporozoite
/spawr'euh zoh"uyt, spohr'-/, n.
one of the minute, active bodies into which the spore of certain Sporozoa divides, each developing into an adult individual.
[1885-90; SPOROZO(A) + -ITE1]

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