trophozoite
[ trof-uh-zoh-ahyt, troh-fuh- ]
/ ˌtrɒf əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌtroʊ fə- /
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noun Zoology.
a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
Nearby words
trophoneurotic leprosy, trophoplasm, trophoplast, trophosome, trophotropism, trophozoite, trophy, trophy room, trophy wife, tropia, tropic
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Examples from the Web for trophozoite
The trophozoite produces numerous pansporoblasts, each of which gives rise to many spores.
The trophozoite is now large and full-grown, and has become rounded and ready for schizogony.
When fully grown, the trophozoite (now a schizont) undergoes schizogony.
British Dictionary definitions for trophozoite
trophozoite
/ (ˌtrɒfəˈzəʊaɪt) /
noun
the form of a sporozoan protozoan in the feeding stage. In the malaria parasite this stage occurs in the human red blood cellCompare merozoite
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Medicine definitions for trophozoite
trophozoite
[ trō′fə-zō′īt′ ]
n.
The asexual form of certain sporozoans, such as the schizont of the plasmodia of malaria and related parasites.
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