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cryptozoite

noun cryp·to·zo·ite \-ˈzō-ˌīt\

Medical Definition of CRYPTOZOITE

:  a malaria parasite that develops in tissue cells and gives rise to the forms that invade blood cells—compare metacryptozoite

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