单词 | cryptozoite |
释义 | cryptozoite in British English (ˌkrɪptəʊˈzəʊaɪt) noun a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells cryptozoite in American English (ˌkrɪptəˈzouait) noun a malarial parasite in the stage of development during which it lives in tissue cells prior to invading the blood cells Word origin [1945–50; crypto- + zo- + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: poison pill, regression analysis, shootout, synchronized swimming, taxi squad-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite) |
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