sporulation

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noun

The process of a bacterium becoming a spore.

Similar
monogenesis
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Meanings

nounsporulation (usually uncountable, plural sporulations)

plural sporulations

  1. uncountableusuallyThe process of a bacterium becoming a spore.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounasexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

Similar
monogenesis
Broader
asexual reproductionagamogenesis
Also see
monogenesis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sporule + -ation.

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Cite this entry
APA

sporulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporulation

MLA

“sporulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sporulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sporulation.

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