promastigote

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ mastigote.

Noun

promastigote (plural promastigotes)

  1. (biology) A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is anterior of the nucleus, and free from the cell body.

Translations

Translations
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.