| archesporial | adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| archesporium | n. 1. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
Syn. -- archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| arthrosporic | adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an arthrospore{ 2 }.
Syn. -- arthrosporous. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| ascosporous | adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an ascospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: ascosporic |
| Bosporian | a. [ L. Bosporus, G. Bo`sporos, lit., ox-ford, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. boy^s ox, heifer + po`ros ford. ] Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus. [ 1913 Webster ] The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| carposporous | adj. 1. of or relating to a carpospore. [ PJC ] 2. having carpospores. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: carposporic |
| Cephalosporin | n. [ from Cephalosporium, a fungus producing the first of the series discovered. ] (Chem.) any of a class of chemical substances, some of which have therapeutically useful antibacterial activity, whose structure contains a beta-lactam ring fused to a six-membered ring containing a sulfur and a nitrogen atom. The first of the series, cephalosporin C, was discovered by G. Brotzu in 1955 in the culture broth of a Cephalosporium species found off the coast of Sardinia. Other cephalosporins have been found to be produced by species of soil bacteria (actinomycetes). Many semisynthetic analogs have been tested for antibacterial effect, and several of them have found use as important clinically useful antibacterial agents, some of which may be taken orally for treatment of bacterial infections. The cephalosporins are the second class of beta-lactam antibiotic to be discovered, the first being the penicillins and more recent classes being the thienamycins and sulfazecins. The cephamycins are a variant of cephalosporins with a methoxyl group on the beta-lactam ring, rendering them more resistant to penicillinases. Among the cephalosporins which have been found clinically useful are cephalexin, cephaloridine, and cephalothin. [ PJC ] |
| cyclosporine | n. a chemical substance produced by some soil fungi, which suppresses the cellular immune response by inhibiting T cell activation, and has been used in medicine to reduce foreign tissue rejection, especially subsequent to organ transplant surgery. [ PJC ] Variants: cyclosporin |
| haplosporidian | n. A parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Heterosporous | { } a. [ Hetero- + spore. ] (Bot.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Heterosporic |
| Isosporic | a. [ Iso- + Gr. spo`ros fruit. ] (Bot.) Producing but one kind of spore, as the ferns and Equiseta. Cf. Heterosporic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Macrosporic | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to macrospores. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Microsporic | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to microspores. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Myxosporidia | prop. n. An order of sporozoans.
Syn. -- order Myxosporidia. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| myxosporidian | n. An organism of the order Myxosporidia, mostly parasitic in fishes and including various serious pathogens. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Oosporic | a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an oospore. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sporid | n. (Bot.) A sporidium. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sporidiferous | a. [ Sporidium + -ferous. ] (Bot.) Bearing sporidia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sporidium | ‖n.; pl. Sporidia [ NL. See Spore. ] (Bot.) (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. (b) A spore. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sporiferous | a. [ Spore + -ferous. ] (Biol.) Bearing or producing spores. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sporification | n. [ Spore + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] (Biol.) Spore formation. See Spore formation (b), under Spore. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Zoosporic | a. Of or pertaining to zoospores; of the nature of zoospores. [ 1913 Webster ] |
