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[ultimately fr late 16th-century scruze, ”squeeze,” perhaps a blend of screw and squeeze]


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    [oh-uh-sist] /ˈoʊ əˌsɪst/ noun, Biology. 1. the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans. /ˈəʊəˌsɪst/ noun 1. an encysted zygote of sporozoan protozoans that undergoes sporogony to produce infective sporozoites oocyst o·o·cyst (ō’ə-sĭst’) n. A thick-walled structure in which sporozoan zygotes develop and that serves to transfer them to new hosts.

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    [oh-uh-sahyt] /ˈoʊ əˌsaɪt/ noun, Cell Biology. 1. an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate. /ˈəʊəˌsaɪt/ noun 1. an immature female germ cell that gives rise to an ovum after two […]

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    1. . 2. . object-oriented design officer of the deck

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