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trophozoite

Syllabification: (troph·o·zo·ite)

Definition of trophozoite

noun

Zoology & Medicine
  • a growing stage in the life cycle of some sporozoan parasites, when they are absorbing nutrients from the host.

trophozoite in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of trophozoite in the British & World English dictionary