: occurring outside the red blood cells
used especially of stages of malaria parasites

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exoerythrocytic was in 1942

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“Exoerythrocytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exoerythrocytic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

Medical Definition

exoerythrocytic

adjective
: occurring outside the red blood cells
used of stages of malaria parasites
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