genus Sarcocystis

genus Sarcocystis
noun
chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia
Syn: ↑Sarcocystis
Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcosporidia, ↑order Sarcosporidia
Member Meronyms: ↑sarcosporidian, ↑sarcocystidean, ↑sarcocystieian

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  • Sarcocystis — noun chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia • Syn: ↑genus Sarcocystis • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcosporidia, ↑order Sarcosporidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sarcocystis — Taxobox | color = khaki name = Sarcocystis image width = 300px image caption = Sarcocystis cyst in a sheep oesophagus. The cyst is approximately 4mm across. regnum = Protista phylum = Apicomplexa classis = Conoidasida ordo = Eucoccidiorida… …   Wikipedia

  • Sarcocystis — A genus of protozoan parasites, related to the sporozoan genera Eimeria, Isospora, and Toxoplasma, and placed in a distinct family, Sarcocystidae, but with the above genera in the same suborder, Eimeriina, within the subclass Coccidia, class …   Medical dictionary

  • Sarcocystis — ▪ protozoan       genus of sporozoan parasites (phylum Protozoa) that are found in the heart and skeletal muscles of mammals (cattle, pigs, sheep, and man), birds, and reptiles. Infected muscle tissue contains white, cystlike masses (sarcocysts)… …   Universalium

  • Sarcocystis suihominis — a species for which pigs are the specific intermediate hosts and humans the definitive hosts; it causes intestinal sarcocystosis in humans. Together with S. bovihominis, formerly considered to be a single genus, S. hominis …   Medical dictionary

  • Sarcocystis — n. a genus of parasitic protozoans (see Sporozoa) that infect birds, reptiles, and herbivorous mammals. S. lindemanni, which occasionally infects humans, forms cylindrical cysts (sarcocysts) in the muscle fibres. In heavy infections these cysts… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • protoctist genus — noun any genus of Protoctista • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Amoeba, ↑Endamoeba, ↑genus Endamoeba, ↑genus Globigerina, ↑genus Arcella, ↑genus Difflugia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Coccidia — oocysts Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • sarcocyst — sar·co·cyst sär kə .sist n SARCOCYSTIS (2) specif the large intramuscular cyst of a protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis * * * sar·co·cyst (sahrґko sist) [sarco + cyst] 1. a protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis. 2. one of the elongated, cylindrical,… …   Medical dictionary

  • sarcocystosis — Infection with protozoan parasites of the genus Sarcocystis. * * * sar·co·cys·to·sis sis tō səs n infestation with or disease caused by sporozoan protozoans of the genus Sarcocystis called also sarcosporidiosis * * * sar·co·cys·to·sis (sahr&# …   Medical dictionary

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