单词 | trophozoite |
释义 | > as lemmastrophozoite trophozoite n. Brit. /ˌtrɒfə(ʊ)ˈzəʊʌɪt/ , /ˌtrəʊfə(ʊ)ˈzəʊʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌtrɑfoʊˈzoʊˌaɪt/ , /ˌtroʊfoʊˈzoʊˌaɪt/ a parasitic protozoan in an asexual stage of its life cycle during which it is motile and feeds and grows.ΚΠ 1903 E. A. Minchin in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. I. ii. i. 156 This stage of the parasite, during which it is absorbing nutriment from its host and growing rapidly, may be termed the trophic stage, and each individual parasite during this stage may be termed a trophozoite. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) iv. 56 Each sporozoite at once attacks a red blood corpuscle, feeds upon it, and becomes an amebalike form called a trophozoite. 2004 Ambix 51 120 Someone should settle one way or another the question as to whether sporozoites and trophozoites react differently to drugs. < as lemmas |
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