Meaning

1 senses
  1. A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and passes through a groove in the cell body.

Origin

From opistho- + mastigote.

From opistho- + mastigote.

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Forms

plural: opisthomastigotes

See also

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