| sporogenous | Of cells or tissues, in which spores are formed. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| sporogeny | <zoology> The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. Origin: Spore + root of Gr. To be born. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporogony | <zoology> The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. Origin: Spore + root of Gr. To be born. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporont | The zygote stage within the oocyst wall in the life cycle of coccidia; gives rise to sporoblasts, which form sporocysts, within which the infective sporozoites are produced. Origin: sporo-+ G. On (ont-), being (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporophore | <botany> A placenta. That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore. Origin: Spore + Gr. To bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporophoric | <botany> Having the nature of a sporophore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporophyll | A specialised leaf-like organ on which one or more sporangia are borne. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sporophyte | Spore producing plant generation. The dominant generation in pteridophytes and higher plants and alternates with the gametophyte generation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sporoplasm | The protoplasm of a spore. Origin: sporo-+ G. Plasma, thing formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporopollenin | <protein> Polymer of carotenoids, found in the exine of the pollen wall. Extremely resistant to chemical or enzymic degradation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sporosac | <zoology> A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia. Origin: Spore + sac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporotheca | The envelope enclosing the minute needle-like spores of certain Sporozoea. Origin: sporo-+ G. Theke, case (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sporothrix | A genus of dimorphic imperfect fungi, including the species Sporothrix schenckii, an organism of worldwide distribution and the causative agent of sporotrichosis in man and animals, which grows in soil or vegetation, especially in thorny bushes, and is acquired by man when infected thorns are introduced into subcutaneous tissues; at 37캜 it grows as a yeast and parasitises tissues as a yeast. Origin: Mod. L., fr. G. Sporos, seed, + thrix, hair (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporothrix granuloma | <dermatology> A fungal skin infection caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii and commonly seen in gardeners. (06 Mar 1998) |
| sporotrichosis | <dermatology> A chronic fungal infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii. A granulomatous infection that usually involves the skin and superficial lymph nodes. (06 Mar 1998) |