Sarcosporidia — noun imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates • Syn: ↑order Sarcosporidia • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Acnidosporidia, ↑subclass Acnidosporidia • Member … Useful english dictionary
Sarcosporidia — Sar·co·spo·rid·ia .sär kō spə rid ē ə n pl an order of a subclass (Acnidosporidia) of sporozoans that comprises imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates and includes the genus Sarcocystis sar·co·spo·rid·ian ē ən adj or n * * *… … Medical dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Sarcocystis — noun chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia • Syn: ↑genus Sarcocystis • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcosporidia, ↑order Sarcosporidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Sarcocystis — noun chief genus of the order Sarcosporidia • Syn: ↑Sarcocystis • Hypernyms: ↑protoctist genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcosporidia, ↑order Sarcosporidia • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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
sarcosporidian — noun parasite of the muscles of vertebrates • Syn: ↑sarcocystidean, ↑sarcocystieian • Hypernyms: ↑sporozoan • Member Holonyms: ↑Sarcocystis, ↑genus Sarcocystis * * * … Useful english dictionary
Acnidosporidia — noun a subclass of Sporozoa • Syn: ↑subclass Acnidosporidia • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Sporozoa, ↑class Sporozoa • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subclass Acnidosporidia — noun a subclass of Sporozoa • Syn: ↑Acnidosporidia • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Sporozoa, ↑class Sporozoa • Member Meronyms: ↑Sarc … Useful english dictionary
Rainey's corpuscle — Rain·ey s corpuscle rā nēz n the crescent shaped spore of a sporozoan of the order Sarcosporidia Rainey George (1801 1884) British anatomist. A lecturer on anatomy by profession, Rainey also was the author of a book on the formation of shell and… … Medical dictionary