Sarcocystis

Translingual

Sarcocystis hominis tissue cyst in beef tongue

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) +‎ κύστις (kústis, “bladder, pouch”).

Proper noun

Sarcocystis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sarcocystidae – certain parasitic chromists.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum; Myzozoa - subphylum; Apicomplexa - infraphylum; Conoidasida - class; Coccidia - subclass; Eucoccidiorida - order; Eimeriorina - suborder; Sarcocystidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sarcocystis hominis - selected species

Derived terms

• Sarcocystidae

 

References

• Sarcocystis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sarcocystis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sarcocystis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sarcocystis at National Center for Biotechnology Information