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Trophozoite vs Sporozoite - What's the difference?

trophozoite | sporozoite |

As nouns the difference between trophozoite and sporozoite

is that trophozoite is a protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle while sporozoite is any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

trophozoite

Noun

(en noun)
  • A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.
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    sporozoite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sporozoite) (en noun)
  • Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.
  • Derived terms

    *circumsporozoite