Medical Definition of Cephalont

1. Adult stage of a cephaline gregarine, a sporozoan parasite commonly found in arthropods and other invertebrate hosts. The body is usually divided by a septum into an anterior epimerite and protomerite and a posterior deutomerite; acephaline gregarines lack a dividing septum. Origin: cephalo-+ G. On (ont-), being (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalont

cephalomeres
cephalometer
cephalometers
cephalometric
cephalometric X-rays
cephalometric analysis
cephalometric radiograph
cephalometric tracing
cephalometric viewer
cephalometrics
cephalometries
cephalometry
cephalomotor
cephalon
cephalons
cephalont (current term)
cephalopagus
cephalopalpebral reflex
cephalopathy
cephalopelvic
cephalopelvimetry
cephalopharyngeus
cephalophore
cephalophores
cephalopod
cephalopod mollusk
cephalopodan
cephalopods
cephaloridine
cephaloridines

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