Meanings
nountrophozoite (plural trophozoites)
plural trophozoites
- A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.
Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets.
2009 February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., “Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 797–800
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰrépʰō
- Ancient Greekτρέφω (tréphō)
- Ancient Greekτροφή (trophḗ)
- Englishtropho-
- Englishtrophozoite
Translations
Spanish trofozoito
- trofozoitofeeing stage in the life cycle of a protozoan
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Chicago
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