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Definition of Microgametocyte
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Microgametocyte
1. The mother cell producing the microgametes, or male elements of sexual reproduction in sporozoan protozoans and fungi. Synonym: microgamont. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microgametocyte
Literary usage of Microgametocyte
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1913)
"(Sporogony). Sexual cycle in the mosquito, 'oe m. microgametocyte. iT'T 5 n. ...
from the microgametocyte. | « 6 ]p. ..."
2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"Tertian gamete (microgametocyte) still within a red blood-corpuscle. 52. ...
of the tropical fever parasite (flagellated form), microgametocyte sending out ..."
3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"55. Gamete of tropical fever parasite heavily pigmented. 56. Gamete of the tropical
fever parasite (flagellated form), microgametocyte sending out ..."
4. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"The microgametocyte attains a relatively enormous size, thirty to forty microns (Plate
XVIII., Fig. 8). They have a molten appearance, the surface bulging ..."
5. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"The microgametocyte is smaller than the male form, and the nucleus is large and
rich in chromatin. The cytoplasm is clear and less markedly pigmented. ..."
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