Term now generally used instead of 'leptomonad' or 'leptomonad stage,' to avoid confusion with the flagellate genus Leptomonas. It denotes the flagellate stage of a trypanosomatid protozoan in which the flagellum arises from a kinetoplast in front of the nucleus and emerges from the anterior end of the organism; usually an extracellular phase, as i...
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(pro-mas´tĭ-gōt) the morphologic stage in the development of certain protozoa, characterized by a free anterior flagellum and resembling the typical adult form of Leptomonas.
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Form of Trypanosomatidae with the free flagellum anterior and the kinetoplast anterior to the nucleus, as in Leptomonas.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: prō-mas′ti-gōt Definitions: 1. Term now generally used instead of 'leptomonad' or 'leptomonad stage,' to avoid confusion with the flagellate genus Leptomonas. It denotes the flagellate stage of a trypanosomatid protozoan in which the flagellum arises from a kinetoplast in front of the nucleus and emerges fr...
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