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• A developmental form during the blood stage of malaria parasites. After merozoites have invaded the red blood cell, they develop into trophozoites (sometimes, early trophozoites are called "rings" or "ring stage parasites"); trophozoites develop into schizonts.

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  Trophozoite. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/trophozoite.

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  Trophozoite. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/trophozoite (accessed: March 30, 2023).

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  "Trophozoite." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 30 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/trophozoite.

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