SYN: Leishman-Donovan body. [G. a- priv. + mastix, whip]
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amas·ti·gote (ə-masґtĭ-gōt) [a-1 + Gr. mastix whip] a morphologic stage in the life cycle of some kinetoplastid protozoa; the oval or round cell has a nucleus, kinetoplast, and basal body but has neither an undulating membrane nor an external flagellum. Called also Leishman-Donovan body. Cf. choanomastigote, epimastigote, opisthomastigote, promastigote, and trypomastigote.Medical dictionary. 2011.