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amastigote
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amastigote /amas·ti·gote/ (ah-mas´tĭ-gōt) the nonflagellate, intracellular, morphologic stage in the development of certain hemoflagellates, resembling the typical adult form of Leishmania.
a·mas·ti·gote (-mst-gt)

amastigote
an early stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes, found in invertebrates. The body is rounded and the flagellum is absent or represented by a short fibril. The kinetoplast is present.


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