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Meaning of cytocyst | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cytode cytodegeneration cytodeme cytodendrite cytodendrogram cytodensitometry

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