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108 Cards in this Set
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GAMETE
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A MALE OR FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CELL
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SLIME MOLD
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A FUNGUSLIKE PROTIST
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FLUKE
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A FLATWORM BELONGING TO THE CLASS TREMATODA
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COENOCYTIC HYPHA
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A FUNGAL FILAMENT THAT IS NOT DIVIDED INTO UNINUCLEATE CELL-LIKE UNITS BECAUSE IT LACKS SEPTA
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FLATWORM
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AN ANIMAL BELONGING TO THE PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
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STIPE
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A STEMLIKE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF MULTICELLULAR ALGAE AND BASIDIOMYCETES
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TROPHOZOITE
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THE VEGETATIVE FORM OF A PROTOZOAN
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DOMOIC ACID INTOXICATION
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DIARRHEA AND MEMORY LOSS CAUSED BY DOMOIC ACID, PRODUCED BY DIATOMS
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MICROSPORIDIA
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EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS THAT LACK MITOCHONDRIA AND MICROTUBULES; OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES
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PLASMODIUM
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(1) A MULTINUCLEATED MASS OF PROTOPLASM, AS IN PLASMODIAL SLIME MOLDS (2) WHEN WRITTEN AS A GENUS, REFERS TO THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MALARIA
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ASUCS
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A SACLIKE STRUCTURE CONTAINING ASCOSPORES; FOUND IN THE ASCOMYCETES
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PLANKTON
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FREE-FLOATING AQUATIC ORGANISMS
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PSEUDOPOD
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AN EXTENSION OF A EUKARYOTIC CELL THAT AIDS IN LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING
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ARTHROSPORE
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AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED BY FRAGMENTATION OF A SEPTATE HYPHA
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MEDULLA
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A LICHEN BODY CONSISTING OF ALGAE (OR CYANOBACTERIA)AND FUNGI
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PROGLOTTID
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A BODY SEGMENT OF A TAPEWORM CONTAINING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE ORGANS
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CYTOSTOME
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THE MOUTHLIKE OPENING IN SOME PROTOZOA
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BLASTOCONIDIUM
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AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED BY BUDDING FROM THE PARENT CELL
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CYST
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A SAC WITH A DISTINCT WALL CONTAINING FLUID OR OTHER MATERIAL; ALSO, A PROTECTIVE CAPSULE OF SOME PROTOZOA
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KELP
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A MULTICELLULAR BROWN ALGA
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APICOMPLEXA
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UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES THAT ARE OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES; POSSESS A SPECIAL ORGANELLE AT THE TIP OF THE CELL
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KARYOGAMY
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FUSION OF THE NUCLEI OF TWO CELLS; OCCURS IN THE SEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE
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EYESPOT
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A PIGMENTED AREA IN A CELL, CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT
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METACERCARIA
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THE ENCYSTED STAGE OF A FLUKE IN ITS FINAL INTERMEDIATE HOST
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SPOROZOITE
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A TROPHOZOITE OF PLASMODIUM FOUND IN MOSQUITOES, INFECTIVE FOR HUMANS
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VECTOR
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(1) A PLASMID OR VIRUS USED IN GENETIC ENGINEERING TO INSERT GENES INTO A CELL (2) AN ARTHROPOD THAT CARRIES DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS FROM ONE HOST TO ANOTHER
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TAPEWORM
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A FLATWORM BELONGING TO THE CLASS CESTODA
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YEAST
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NONFILAMENTOUS, UNICELLULAR FUNGI
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BLADE
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A FLAT LEAFLIKE STRUCTURE OF MULTICELLULAR ALGAE
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SPORANGIUM
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A SAC CONTAINING ONE OR MORE SPORES
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SEPTA
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A CROSS-WALL IN A FUNGAL HYPHA
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ALGIN
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A SODIUM SALT OF MANNURONIC ACID (C6H8O6); FOUND IN BROWN ALGAE
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MIRACIDIUM
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THE FREE-SWIMMING, CILIATED LARVA OF A FLUKE THAT HATCHES FROM THE EGG
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ASCOSPORE
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A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED IN AN ASCUS, FORMED BY THE ASCOMYCETES
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DEFINITIVE HOST
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AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS THE ADULT, SEXUALLY MATURE FORM OF A PARASITE
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MYCORRHIZA
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A FUNGUS GROWING IN SYMBIOSIS WITH PLANT ROOTS
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TELEMORPH
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THE SEXUAL STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FUNGUS; ALSO REFERS TO A FUNGS THAT PRODUCES BOTH SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL SPORES
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CHLAMYDOSPORE
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AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED WITHIN A HYPHA
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LICHEN
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A MUTUALISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FUNGUS AND AN ALGA OR A CYANOBACTERIUM
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ANAL PORE
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A SITE IN CERTAIN PROTOZOA FOR ELIMINATION OF WASTE
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BASIDIUM
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A PEDSTAL THAT PRODUCES BASIDIOSPORES; FOUND IN THE BASIDIOMYCETES
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LARVA
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THE SEXUALLY IMMATURE STAGE OF A HELMINTH OR ARTHROPOD
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HYPHA
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A LONG FILAMENT OF CELLS IN FUNGI OR ACTINOMYCETES
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CUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
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A FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE EPIDERMIS, NAILS OR HAIR
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BUDDING YEAST
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FOLLOWING MITOSIS, A YEAST CELL THAT DIVIDES UNEVENLY TO PRODUCE A SMALL CELL (BUD) FROM THE PARENT CELL
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YEAST INFECTION
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DISEASE CAUSED BY GROWTH OF CERTAIN YEASTS IN A SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
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AMOEBA
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A UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTE THAT MOVES BY MEANS OF PSEUDOPODS
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CERCARIA
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A FREE-SWIMMING LARVA OF TREMATODES
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SEXUAL SPORE
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A SPORE FORMED BY SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
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CONJUGATION
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THE TRANSFER OF GENETIC MATERIAL FROM ONE CELL TO ANOTHER INVOLVING CELL-TO-CELL CONTACT
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INTERMEDIATE HOST
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AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS THE LARVAL OR ASEXUAL STAGE OF A HELMINTH OR PROTOZOAN
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BASIDIOSPORE
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A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED IN A BASIDIUM, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BASIDIOMYCETES
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OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN
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A MICROORGANISM THAT DOES NOT ORDINARILY CAUSE A DISEASE BUT CAN BECOME PATHOGENIC UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
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VEGETATIVE
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REFERRING TO CELLS INVOLVED WITH OBTAINING NUTRIENTS, AS OPPOSED TO REPRODUCTION
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CYSTICERCUS
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AN ENCYSTED TAPEWORM LARVA
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RING STAGE
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A YOUNG PLASMODIUM TROPHOZOITE THAT LOOKS LIKE A RING IN A RED BLOOD CELL
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CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING
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THE MOVEMENT OF CYTOPLASM IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL
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SPICULE
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ONE OF TWO EXTERNAL STRUCTURES ON THE MALE ROUNDWORM USED TO GUIDE SPERM
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HELMINTH
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A PARASITIC ROUNDWORM OR FLATWORM
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SPORANGIOSPORE
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AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED WITHIN A SPORANGIUM
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ROUNDWORM
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AN ANIMAL BELONGING TO THE PHYLUM NEMATODA
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SCOLEX
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THE HEAD OF A TAPEWORM, CONTAINING SUCKERS AND POSSIBLY HOOKS
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SPORE
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A REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE FORMED BY FUNGI AND ACTINOMYCETES
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SAXITOXIN
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A NEUROTOXIN PRODUCED BY SOME DINOFLAGELLATES
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ARCHAEZOA
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PRIMITIVE, UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES THAT LACK MITOCHANDRIA, SUCH AS GIARDIA
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ANAMORPH
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ASCOMYCETE FUNGI THAT HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO REPRODUCE SEXUALLY; THE ASEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGUS
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CORTEX
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THE PROTECTIVE FUNGAL COVERING OF A LICHEN
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MYCELIUM
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A MASS OF LONG FILAMENTS OF CELLS THAT BRANCH AND INTERTWINE, TYPICALLY FOUND IN MOLDS
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DERMATOPHYTE
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A FUNGUS THAT CAUSES A CUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
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CUTICLE
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THE OUTER COVERING OF HELMINTHS
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UNDULATING MEMBRANE
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A HIGHLY MODIFIED FLAGELLUM ON SOME PROTOZOA
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CONIDIOPHORE
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AN AERIAL HYPHA BEARING CONIDIOSPORES
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HERMAPHRODITIC
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HAVING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES
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REDIA
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A TREMATODE LARVAL STAGE THAT REPRODUCES ASEXUALLY TO PRODUCE CERCARIAE
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SCHIZOGONY
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THE PROCESS OF MULTIPLE FISSION, IN WHICH ONE ORGANISM DIVIDES TO PRODUCE MANY DAUGHTER CELLS.
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DIMORPHISM
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THE PROPERTY OF HAVING TWO FORMS OF GROWTH
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HOLDFAST
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THE BRANCHED BASE OF AN ALGAL STIPE
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HEMOFLAGELLATE
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A PARASITIC FLAGELLATE FOUND IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF ITS HOST
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RHIZINE
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A ROOTLIKE HYPHA THAT ANCHORS A FUNGUS TO A SURFACE
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FISSION YEAST
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FOLLOWING MITOSIS, A YEAST CELL THAT DIVIDES EVENLY TO PRODUCE TWO NEW CELLS
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RHIZOPODA
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EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS THAT MOVE USING PSEUDOPODS; AMOEBAS
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ALGAL BLOOM
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AN ABUDANT GROWTH OF MICROSCOPIC ALGAE PRODUCING VISIBLE COLONIES IN NATURE
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PSEUDOHYPHA
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A SHORT CHAIN OF FUNGAL CELLS THAT RESULTS FROM THE LACK OF SEPARATION OF DAUGHTER CELLS AFTER BUDDING
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DIOECIOUS
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REFERRING TO ORGANISMS IN WHICH ORGANS OF DIFFERENT SEXES ARE LOCATED IN DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS
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SEPTATE HYPHA
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A HYPHA CONSISTING OF UNINUCLEATE CELL-LIKE UNITS
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MYCOLOGY
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THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF FUNGI
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SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
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A FUNGAL INFECTION OF TISSUE BENEATH THE SKIN
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RED TIDE
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A BLOOM OF PLANKTONIC DINOFLAGELLATES
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SPROANGIOPHORE
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AN AERIAL HYPHA SUPPORTING A SPORANGIUM
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SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS
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A FUNGAL INFECTION LOCALIZED IN SURFACE EPIDERMAL CELLS AND ALONG HAIR SHAFTS
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SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
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THE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT APPEARANCE OF ADULT MALE AND FEMALE ORGANISMS
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KERATIN
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A PROTEIN FOUND IN EPIDERMIS, HAIR, AND NAILS
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TACHYZOITE
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A RAPIDLY GROWING TROPHOZOITE FORM OF A PROTOZOAN
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ENCYSTMENT
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FORMATION OF A CYST
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MONOECIOUS
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HAVING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES
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MYCOSIS
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A FUNGAL INFECTION
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VACUOLE
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AN INTRACELLULAR INCLUSION, IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, SURROUNDED BY A PLASMA MEMBRANE; IN PROKARYOTIC CELLS, SURROUNDED BY A PROTEINACEOUS MEMBRANE
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THALLUS
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THE ENTIRE VEGETATIVE STRUCTURE OR BODY OF A FUNGUS, LICHEN, OR ALGA
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ZYGOSPORE
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A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ZYGOMYCETES
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MEROZOITE
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A TROPHOZOITE OF PLASMODIUM FOUND IN RED BLOOD CELLS OR LIVER CELLS
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SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS
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A FUNGAL INFECTION IN DEEP TISSUES
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CONIDIOSPORE
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AN ASEXUAL SPORE PRODUCED IN A CHAIN FROM A CONIDIOPHORE
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PLASMOGAMY
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FUSION OF THE CYTOPLASM OF TWO CELLS; OCCURS IN THE SEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE
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ASEXUAL SPORE
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A REPRODUCTIVE CELL PRODUCED BY MITOSIS AND CELL DIVISION (EUKARYOTES) OR BINARY FISSION (ACTINOMYCETES)
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ZYGOTE
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A DIPLOID CELL PRODUCED BY THE FUSION OF TWO HAPLOID GAMETES
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GAMETOCYTE
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A MALE OR FEMALE PROTOZOAN CELL
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OOCYST
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AN ENCYSTED APICOMPLEXAN ZYGOTE IN WHICH CELL DIVISION OCCURS TO FORM THE NEXT INFECTIOUS STAGE
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CILIATE
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A MEMBER OF THE PROTOZOAN PHYLUM CILIOPHORA THAT USES CILIA FOR LOCOMOTION
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