exotospore Zool.
(ɛkˈsəʊtəʊspɔə(r))
[f. Gr. ἐξωτικός exotic + -o- + spore.]
= sporozoite (s.v. sporo-).
| 1902 E. R. Lankester in Nature 27 Mar. 500/1 The malaria-germ which is brought by the stab of the Anopheles into the human blood-vessels..is needle-like in shape,..but the most important fact about it for description and comparison is that it has been formed outside the human body, and is introduced as a strange element into the human blood by the agency of the mosquito. I..call it the Exotospore. |