zoitehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoite_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoite, n.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zoitenoun

Zoology.
  1. 1963–
    (See quots.)
    1. 1963
      It appears advisable to reconsider the terminology applied to stages in the life-histories of gregarines and coccidians... Zoite, an infective stage, produced by division of a zygote, and usually surrounded by an envelope which is either a zoitocyst or zygocyst.
      E. N. Kozloff in J. Ludvík et al., Progress in Protozoology (Proc. 1st Internat. Congr. Protozool., Prague, 1961) 78
    2. 1969
      Another stage in the development of Toxoplasma is the cystic form or zoite.
      New Scientist 29 May 465/1
    3. 1977
      Electronmicroscopic studies revealed that the structure of T. gondii zoites (trophozoites, merozoites, ‘spores’, etc.) is similar to that of the zoites of the coccidia Eimeria and Isospora.
      Journal of Protozoology vol. 24 36/1
    4. 1979
      Uninucleate, dinucleate, and multinucleate zoites.
      Journal of Protozoology vol. 26 437/1
    5. 1980
      Ultrastructurally, cysts of T [oxoplasma] gondii and H [ammondia] hammondi cannot be distinguished with certainty in skeletal muscle. Classification is based on the typical distribution of cysts and their zoites in the intermediate host.
      Journal of Parasitology vol. 66 67/1

zoite, n. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zoite, n. was last modified in December 2024.