metacyclic

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ cyclic.

Adjective

metacyclic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Noun

metacyclic (plural metacyclics)

  1. Such an organism

See also

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