occurring outside the red blood cells, esp of a developmental stage of protozoan parasites
exoerythrocytic in American English
(ˌeksouəˌrɪθrəˈsɪtɪk)
adjective
Pathology
existing or occurring outside of erythrocytes, as in the development of several malarial parasites in the liver
Word origin
[1940–45; exo- + erythrocytic]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, debrief, redline, sealant, updateexo- is a combining form meaning “outside,” “outer,” “external,” used in the formationof compound words. Other words that use the affix exo- include: exocytosis, exogamy, exophora, exopterygote, exoteric
Examples of 'exoerythrocytic' in a sentence
exoerythrocytic
The exoerythrocytic schizonts were found more frequently from this period onward.
Lobato Paraense 1943, 'Aspectos parasitários observados no local inoculado com esporozoitos de PlasmodiumGallinaceum', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761943000300004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The morphology of exoerythrocytic schizonts was similar to that of other species of the same group.
Ana M. Montalvo Alvarez, Irene Landau, Doanh Baccam 1991, 'Plasmodium vinckei petteri: algunos aspectos de su esporogonia y esquizogonia exoeritrocitariaPlasmodium vinckei petteri: some aspects of its sporogony and exoerythrocytic schizogony',Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651991000600001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Within the first twelve hours of hepatic development, however, only 50% pyrom1(-) parasites have developed into exoerythrocytic forms.
Iset Medina Vera, Wandy L Beatty, Photini Sinnis, Kami Kim 2011, 'Plasmodium protease ROM1 is important for proper formation of the parasitophorousvacuole.', PLoS Pathogenshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3164628?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)