Medical Dictionary
promastigote
noun pro·mas·ti·gote \-ˈmas-ti-ˌgōt\
Medical Definition of PROMASTIGOTE
: a protozoan that belongs to the family Trypanosomatidae and especially to the genus Leishmania and that is in a flagellated usually extracellular stage characterized by a single anterior flagellum and no undulating membrane
—promastigote adjective
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