Designating the period between the entry of malaria parasites into the body (as sporozoites) and the invasion of red blood cells by merozoites; occurring or existing during this period.
Origin
1940s.
Definition of pre-erythrocytic in US English:
pre-erythrocytic
adjective
Biology
Designating the period between the entry of malaria parasites into the body (as sporozoites) and the invasion of red blood cells by merozoites; occurring or existing during this period.