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cryptozoite

[krip-tuh-zoh-ahyt]
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noun
  1. a malarial parasite in the stage of development during which it lives in tissue cells prior to invading the blood cells.
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Origin of cryptozoite

First recorded in 1945–50; crypto- + zo- + -ite1
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British Dictionary definitions for cryptozoite

cryptozoite

noun
  1. a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells
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cryptozoite in Medicine

cryptozoite

(krĭp′tō-zō′īt′)
n.
  1. A malarial parasite at the stage of development in which it inhabits bodily tissue before invading the red blood cells.
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