Trophozoite
noun, Zoology.
1.
a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
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
trophozoite tro·pho·zo·ite (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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