oocyst (English, noun)
expansion: oocyst (plural oocysts)
Senses:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A reproductive cell in certain fungi.
tags: archaic
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans that develops into sporozoite.
Forms:
form: oocysts
tags: plural