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Definition of: sporozoite
(spôr′ə·zō′īt, spō′rə-) noun Zool.
An aggregation of protoplasm of a sporozoan zygote, segmented off as a minute sickle–shaped germ: the initial phase of the malaria parasite in its host.
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