Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An elongated cell that develops from a sporozoite or a merozoite of an apicomplexan parasite and that feeds and grows within the host.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sporozoans, as Monocystis, an individual parasite in the stage of development in which it is absorbing nourishment from its host and growing rapidly. When the trophozoite is ripe for reproduction it is called a sporont, or gametocyte.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
protozoan in thefeeding stage of itslife cycle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sporozoan in the active feeding stage of its life cycle
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Examples
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The resulting critter, called a trophozoite, sports a spermlike tail that allows it to wiggle over to the lining of the intestinal tract, whereupon it attaches itself by suction cups and begins to replicate thousands of times over.
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As a trophozoite, Naegleria fowleri behaves like a non parasitic organism.
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Entamoeba histolytica can be found in two forms or stages, the active (motile) trophozoite which actually causes the physical illness, and the dormant (encapsulated-form) cyst by which the disease is spread.
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
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Close to the center there is a schizont and on the left a trophozoite.
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The young trophozoite or the ring stage grows substantially to form schizont.
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The young trophozoite or the ring stage grows substantially to form schizont.
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The young trophozoite or the ring stage grows substantially to form schizont.
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The young trophozoite or the ring stage grows substantially to form schizont.
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