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• Sporoagglutination

  sporoagglutination spo·ro·ag·glu·ti·na·tion (spôr’ō-ə-glōōt’n-ā’shən) n. A method for diagnosing various mycoses based on the fact that the blood serum in diseases caused by fungi contains specific agglutinins that cause clumping of the spores of these organisms.

• Sporoblast

  sporoblast spo·ro·blast (spôr’ə-blāst’) n. An early stage in the development of a sporocyst, prior to differentiation of the sporozoites.

• Sporocarp

  noun, Botany, Mycology. 1. (in higher fungi, lichens, and red algae) a multicellular structure in which spores form; a fruiting body. noun 1. a specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori 2. the spore-producing structure in certain algae, lichens, and fungi

• Sporocyst

  noun, Biology. 1. a walled body resulting from the multiple division of a sporozoan, which produces one or more sporozoites. 2. a stage in development of trematodes that gives rise, asexually, to cercaria. noun 1. a thick-walled rounded structure produced by sporozoan protozoans, in which sporozoites are formed 2. the saclike larva of a trematode […]

• Sporocyte

  noun, Biology. 1. a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell. noun 1. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores

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