spore /spōr or spör/ (biology)

1. A unicellular asexual reproductive body
2. Sometimes extended to other reproductive bodies

sporangial /spor-anˈji-əl/ adjective

sporanˈgiole or sporanˈgiolum (or /-jīˈ/) noun (pl sporanˈgioles or sporanˈgiola)

A sporangium containing one or few spores

sporanˈgiophore noun

The part that bears sporangia

sporanˈgiospore noun

A spore developed in a sporangium

sporanˈgium noun (pl sporanˈgia)

A hollow, walled structure or sac in which spores are produced (also spore case)

sporˈidesm noun

(Gr desmos a bond) a multicellular body or group of spores, of which every cell is capable of germinating

sporidˈial adjective

sporidˈium noun (pl sporidˈia)

A spore borne on a promycelium

sporˈocarp noun

1. (Gr karpos fruit) a structure containing the sori and sporangia in aquatic ferns
2. A multicellular structure in which spores are formed in certain fungi, algae, etc

sporˈocyst noun

1. A rounded, thick-walled structure produced, as by protozoans, in the process of sporulation
2. The cyst-like larva of a trematode

sporocystˈic adjective

sporogenˈesis noun

Production of or by spores (also sporogeny /-ojˈ/)

sporogˈenous adjective

Producing spores

sporogonium /-gōˈ/ noun (pl sporogoˈnia)

The capsule or asexual generation in mosses and liverworts

sporogˈony noun

(Gr gonē generation) the formation of spores in sporozoans

sporˈophore noun

A spore-bearing stalk or structure, as in fungi

sporophorˈic or sporophˈorous adjective

sporˈophyll or sporˈophyl noun

(Gr phyllon leaf) a leaf (often modified) that bears sporangia

sporˈophyte noun

(Gr phyton plant) the spore-bearing or asexual generation in the lifecycle of a plant

sporophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective

sporotrichosis /spōr-ō-trik-ōˈsis/ noun

An infection of the skin (and rarely of muscles and bones) caused by the fungi of the genus Sporotrichum, resulting in granulomatous lesions

sporozōˈan noun

Any parasitic protozoan of the class Sporozōˈa, reproducing by spores, including the causal organism of malaria (also adjective)

sporozōˈite noun

(Gr zōion an animal) a minute, mobile, pre-adult, usu infective spore developed by sporozoans

sporˈūlar adjective

sporˈūlate intransitive verb

To produce spores

sporūlāˈtion noun

1. Formation or production of spores
2. Breaking up into spores

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