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trophozoite

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troph⋅o⋅zo⋅ite

  [trof-uh-zoh-ahyt, troh-fuh-]
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–noun Zoology.
a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
Origin:
1905–10; tropho- + -zo(on) + -ite 1
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tro·pho·zo·ite   (trō'fə-zō'īt')   
n.  A protozoan, especially of the class Sporozoa, in the active stage of its life cycle.
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Main Entry: tro·pho·zo·ite
Pronunciation: "trO-f&-'zO-"It
Function: noun
: a protozoan of a vegetative form as distinguished fromone of a reproductive or resting form
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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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