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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A malarial parasite at the stage of development in which it inhabits bodily tissue before invading the red blood cells.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[crypto– + zo(o)– + –ite.]

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