trophozoite

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

nounZoology.
  1. a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.

Origin of trophozoite

1
First recorded in 1905–10; tropho- + -zo(on) + -ite1

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British Dictionary definitions for trophozoite

trophozoite

/ (ˌtrɒfəˈzəʊaɪt) /


noun
  1. the form of a sporozoan protozoan in the feeding stage. In the malaria parasite this stage occurs in the human red blood cell: Compare merozoite

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