Etymology

sporozoite

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Today it means: Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell. Full definition →

translingual Sporozoa
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  1. translingual · derived fromSporozoa
  2. English todaysporozoite

From translingual Sporozoa + -ite.

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