"hypnozoite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: hypnozoites [plural]
Etymology: From hypno- + -zoite. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hypno-|-zoite}} hypno- + -zoite Head templates: {{en-noun}} hypnozoite (plural hypnozoites)
  1. A dormant stage in the life cycle of some species of the malaria parasite Plasmodium (mainly) in the liver. It is formed directly (no multiplication takes place) from a sporozoite injected by the mosquito. However, not all of these inoculated sporozoites form hypnozoites. The reason(s) why some do and others don't is unknown.

Inflected forms

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