sarcocyst Microbiology and Vet. Sci.
(ˈsɑːkəʊsɪst)
[f. sarco- + cyst.]
a. A cyst in muscle tissue containing spores or sporoblasts of sarcosporidia. b. An individual of the genus Sarcocystis of sarcosporidia.
| 1892 G. Fleming tr. Neumann's Treat. Parasites & Parasitic Dis. vi. i. 662 The Sarcocysts of Miescher are very frequent—at least, in certain countries and at certain periods. 1932 Gaiger & Davies Vet. Path. & Bacteriol. xxii. 333 The sarcocyst in the muscles is the only stage of the parasite which is known. Ibid. 334 Sarcocysts may die in situ. 1938 Southwell & Kirshner Guide Vet. Parasitol. & Entomol. (ed. 2) ii. 19 Sarcocysts are included in the Sporozoa, though it is doubtful if they really belong to this class. 1970 [see sarcosporidium]. |
Hence sarcoˈcystic a.
| 1927 [see sarcosporidial a.]. 1979 Acta Leidensia: Scholae Medicinae Tropicae XLVII. 46 Schizogonic and sarcocystic stages. |