metacyclic

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English

Etymology

meta- +‎ cyclic

Adjective

metacyclic (not comparable)

(biology) Describing the infective part of the life cycle of trypanosomes outside the body of a host

Derived terms

premetacyclic

Noun

metacyclic (plural metacyclics)

Such an organism

See also

procyclic

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