- 1. n. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. Source: opted
- 2. n. A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. Source: opted
- 3. 1. (Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. Note: The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal. 2. (Zoöl.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. Source: webster
- 4. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life,precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. Source: adambom
- 5. n. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. n. A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. Source: ecdict
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