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Medical Term

macrogametocyte

a cell that undergoes meiosis to form mature female sex cells (macrogametes) of the malarial parasite (see PLASMODIUM ). Macrogametocytes are found in human blood but must be ingested by a mosquito before developing into macrogametes.

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