Definition of trophozoite in English:
trophozoite
nounˌtrəʊfə(ʊ)ˈzəʊʌɪtˌtrɒfə(ʊ)ˈzəʊʌɪtˌträfəˈzōˌīt
Zoology Medicine A growing stage in the life cycle of some sporozoan parasites, when they are absorbing nutrients from the host.
Example sentencesExamples
- The cyst wall disintegrates in the small intestine, releasing motile trophozoites.
- Biopsy of colonic ulcer edges may yield intramural trophozoites but carries with it the risk of perforation.
- Exposure to bile is the primary stimulus for encystation, where trophozoites transform into cysts that pass out with the feces.
- Ingested cysts hatch into trophozoites in the small intestine and continue moving down the digestive tract to the colon.
- To measure parasite burden of winners and losers, we assessed the number of eugregarine trophozoites in a male's mid-gut by removing the entire gut carefully and making light microscope thin-section preparations.