BLASTOCRITHIDIA
\blˌastəkɹɪθˈɪdi͡ə], \blˌastəkɹɪθˈɪdiə], \b_l_ˌa_s_t_ə_k_ɹ_ɪ_θ_ˈɪ_d_iə]\
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A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).
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