sarcocystis
noun
sar·co·cys·tis
| \ ˌsär-kə-ˈsis-təs
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Medical Definition of sarcocystis
1
capitalized
: a genus of sporozoan protozoans of the order Sarcosporidia that form cysts in vertebrate muscle
2
plural sarcocystis
or sarcocystises
: any sporozoan protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis
broadly
: any of the order Sarcosporidia