sporozoite

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Noun sporozoite has 1 sense

sporozoite - one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
--₁ is a kind of sporozoan

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Sporozoite

Noun: A motile form of a parasitic protozoan, which is produced within the sporocyst of the host organism and is capable of infecting a new host when introduced into its bloodstream.

Example sentence: The mosquito injects sporozoites into the bloodstream of humans, which later develop into malaria parasites.

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