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microgametocyte

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In sporozoans, the mother-cell of a microgamete or male element: contrasted with macrogametocyte.

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  • noun a gametocyte that produces microgametes

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  • The organisms _g_, which result from segmentation, attack other corpuscles and a new cycle begins. _h_, The male form or microgametocyte, with the protruding and actively moving spermatozoa, one of which is shown free. _i_ and _j_ are the macrogametes or female forms. _k_ shows one of these in the act of being fertilized by the entering spermatozoön.

    Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

  • From the microgametocyte small flagellate bodies, the male sexual elements _microgametes_ or _spermatozoa_, develop and fertilize the

    Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

  • Within the mosquito the parasite undergoes a further development into male and female sexual forms, which may also form in the blood, termed respectively _microgametocyte_ and _macrogamete_.

    Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

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