Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sporozoans, the mother-cell of a microgamete or male element: contrasted with
macrogametocyte .
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- noun a
gametocyte that producesmicrogametes
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Examples
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The organisms _g_, which result from segmentation, attack other corpuscles and a new cycle begins. _h_, The male form or microgametocyte, with the protruding and actively moving spermatozoa, one of which is shown free. _i_ and _j_ are the macrogametes or female forms. _k_ shows one of these in the act of being fertilized by the entering spermatozoön.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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From the microgametocyte small flagellate bodies, the male sexual elements _microgametes_ or _spermatozoa_, develop and fertilize the
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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Within the mosquito the parasite undergoes a further development into male and female sexual forms, which may also form in the blood, termed respectively _microgametocyte_ and _macrogamete_.
Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman
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