Trophozoite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.

    "Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets."

  2. 2
    a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle wordnet

Synonyms

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trophont

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"Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets."

Etymology

From tropho- + -zoite.

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life cycle

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