Cytocyst
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
"He describes the parasite as occurring in the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and as consisting of a very characteristic oblong, nucleated, unpigmented body contained in a definite capsule or cytocyst, formed from the body substance of the leucocyte in which the parasite is situated."
Example
More examples"He describes the parasite as occurring in the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and as consisting of a very characteristic oblong, nucleated, unpigmented body contained in a definite capsule or cytocyst, formed from the body substance of the leucocyte in which the parasite is situated."
Etymology
From cyto- + cyst.
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