- phanerozoite
- 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. zoon, animal]
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phan·ero·zo·ite .fan-ə-rō-'zō-.īt n an exoerythrocytic malaria parasite found late in the course of an infectionphan·ero·zo·it·ic -zō-'it-ik adj
Medical dictionary. 2011.