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Word: Macrocyst
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century (in an earlier sense)
Definition:
A (relatively large) encysted stage of the life cycle in a slime mould; specifically a thick-walled, multinucleate structure formed as part of the sexual cycle in certain slime moulds of the phylum Dictyostelida.
Definition:
A macroscopic cyst; a large cyst.
Definition:
A macroscopic sarcocyst.
