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throphozoite

throphozoite is the alternative form of trophozoite.

Meaning of trophozoite

Noun

trophozoite (plural trophozoites)

  1. 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

Forms of throphozoite

pluralthrophozoites

Questions about throphozoite

What is throphozoite the alternative form of?
Throphozoite is the alternative form of trophozoite.

Words near throphozoite in the dictionary

  1. Thronson
  2. Thronsons
  3. Throop
  4. Throops
  5. throphoblast
  6. throphozoite
  7. throphozoites
  8. thropomyosin
  9. thropple
  10. throppled
  11. thropples

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