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sar·co·cys·tis
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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