| Sarcocystis bovihominis | A species now recognised as a two-host infection, with beef serving as the intermediate host source of infective tissue cysts to humans, as the final host. Gamogony and sporogony occur in mucosal cells of the human small intestine; cattle become infected from human faeces contaminated with Sarcocystis hominis sporocysts. Synonym: Sarcocystis bovihominis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sarcocystis fusiformis | A species found in the striated and heart muscle of cattle and water buffalo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sarcocystis hominis | A species now recognised as a two-host infection, with beef serving as the intermediate host source of infective tissue cysts to humans, as the final host. Gamogony and sporogony occur in mucosal cells of the human small intestine; cattle become infected from human faeces contaminated with Sarcocystis hominis sporocysts. Synonym: Sarcocystis bovihominis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sarcocystis lindemanni | A species described on rare occasions from the striated and heart muscles of humans, probably as an infection due to various species, possibly from domestic dogs or other final hosts from which infective oocysts or sporocysts were passed to man via water or direct exposure; in these instances man serves as an intermediate rather than a final host. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sarcocystis miescheriana | A common species of worldwide distribution that is found in the striated and heart muscle of pigs; it is the type species of the genus Sarcocystis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sarcocystis suihominis | A form of Sarcocystis in which man serves as the final host, with the pig serving as intermediate host, the source of infected tissues to humans. The life cycle and moderate disease induced follow the pattern of Sarcocystis hominis, though the disease appears to be somewhat more pathogenic. Human infection is widespread, having been reported in Europe, the Mediterranean area, northern and western Africa, Indonesia, and South America. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sarcocystis tenella | An extremely common species of worldwide distribution that is found in the striated and heart muscle of sheep and goats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sarcocystosis | Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus sarcocystis. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcode | A term of historical interest (1835), applied to the protoplasm of protozoa before the term protoplasm was coined. Origin: sarco-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| sarcoderma | <botany> A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments. A sarcocarp. Origin: NL. Sacroderma. See Sarco-, and Derm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcodic | <biology> Of or pertaining to sarcode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcodina | A subphylum of protozoa characterised by the ability to alter their body shape. Its organisms acquire food by pseudopodia of various types, or by locomotive protoplasmic flow without the production of discrete pseudopodia. Flagella, when present, are usually restricted to developmental or other temporary stages. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcodina infections | Infections with protozoa of the subphylum sarcodina. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sarcodo | <biology> A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm. Origin: Gr. Fleshy; flesh + form. Cf. Sarcoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sarcogenic cell | <pathology> Cell that by fusion with other myoblasts gives rise to myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibres. The term is sometimes used for all the cells recognisable as immediate precursors of skeletal muscle fibres. Alternatively, the term is reserved for those post mitotic cells capable of fusion, others being referred to as presumptive myoblasts. (18 Nov 1997) |