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phanerozoite

phan·er·o·zo·ite

(fan'ĕr-ō-zō'īt),

An exoerythrocytic tissue stage of malaria infection other than the primary exoerythrocytic stages (cryptozoite and metacryptozoite generations); consists chiefly of reinfection of the liver by merozoites produced by a blood infection (not found in falciparum malaria).

[phanero- + G. zōon, animal]

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