[f. as prec. + -ATION.] Conversion into spores; spore-formation.
1876. trans. Schützenberger’s Ferment., 55. The sporulation and budding, differ in no respect from the analogous phenomena which are observed in yeast.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 761. As soon as sporulation commences the segments become more perfectly marked out.
