Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trophozoite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: tropho-zoite
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.

Example Sentences

"Synchronized cultures of P. falciparum trophozoites were grown in human RBCs and incubated with increasing concentrations of purified human platelets."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)bor. English tropho- English -zoite English trophozoite From tropho- + -zoite.

Inflected Forms

trophozoites (plural)

Questions

What does trophozoite mean?: A protozoan in the feeding stage of its life cycle.
Where does trophozoite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō Ancient Greek τρέφω (tréphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ)bor. English tropho- English -zoite English trophozoite From tropho- + -zoite.

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