n 1  cap  :  a genus of sporozoan protozoans of the order Sarcosporidia that form cysts in vertebrate muscle  2  pl  -tis  or  -tis*es  :  any sporozoan protozoan of the genus Sarcocystis : broadly  :  any of the order Sarcosporidia .
 
 
 
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