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hypnozoites

hypnozoites is the plural of hypnozoite.

Meaning of hypnozoite

Noun

hypnozoite (plural hypnozoites)

  1. A dormant stage in the life cycle of some species of the malaria parasite Plasmodium (mainly) in the liver. It is formed directly (no multiplication takes place) from a sporozoite injected by the mosquito. However, not all of these inoculated sporozoites form hypnozoites. The reason(s) why some do and others don't is unknown.

Questions about hypnozoites

What is hypnozoites the plural of?
Hypnozoites is the plural of hypnozoite.

Words near hypnozoites in the dictionary

  1. hypnotoid
  2. hypnotoxin
  3. hypnotoxins
  4. hypnozoicidal
  5. hypnozoite
  6. hypnozoites
  7. hypnozoiticidal
  8. hypnozoitocidal
  9. hypnozygote
  10. hypnozygotes
  11. hypnum

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