hypnozoite

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Noun

1. A dormant stage in the life cycle of some species of the malaria parasite {{taxfmt|Plasmodium|genus}} (mainly) in the liver. It is formed directly (no multiplication takes place) from a sporozoite injected by the mosquito. However, not all of these inoculated sporozoites form hypnozoites. The reason(s) why some do and others don't is unknown.

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