trophozoite

IPA: trˈoʊfʌzɔɪt

Examples of "trophozoite" in Sentences

Close to the center there is a schizont and on the left a trophozoite.
As a trophozoite, Naegleria fowleri behaves like a non parasitic organism.
The young trophozoite or the ring stage grows substantially to form schizont.
After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
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.
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.