trophozoite

[ trof-uh-zoh-ahyt, troh-fuh- ]

/ ˌtrɒf əˈzoʊ aɪt, ˌtroʊ fə- /

noun Zoology.

a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.

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Origin of trophozoite

First recorded in 1905–10; tropho- + -zo(on) + -ite¹

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Examples from the Web for trophozoite

The trophozoite produces numerous pansporoblasts, each of which gives rise to many spores.
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The trophozoite is now large and full-grown, and has become rounded and ready for schizogony.
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When fully grown, the trophozoite (now a schizont) undergoes schizogony.
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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.