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Medical Definition of Phanerozoite
1. An exoerythrocytic tissue stage of malaria infection other than the primary exoerythrocytic stages (cryptozoite and metacryptozoite generations); consists chiefly of reinfection of the liver by merozoites produced by a blood infection (not found in falciparum malaria). Origin: phanero-+ G. Zoon, animal (05 Mar 2000)