metacyclic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meta- +‎ cyclic

Adjective[edit]

metacyclic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

metacyclic (plural metacyclics)

  1. Such an organism

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