Oocysts is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 90 anagrams from letters in oocysts (coossty).
First recorded in 1870-75; oo- + -cyst
No sporozoites are formed in the oocyst, the sporozoites being unenclosed (gymnospores).
In one case (Coccidium mitrarium), the oocyst itself, instead of being spherical, is curiously shaped like a mitre.
Immediately after the formation of the antheridia new productions show themselves, both around the oocyst and within it.
The order Coccidiidea is divided into four families, characterized by the number of sporocysts (if any) found in the oocyst.