flagello-, flagell-

1. Having ameboid and flagellated stages (long thin cellular appendages) in the life cycle.
2. An ameba that has a flagellated stage in its life cycle.

An oval aperture on each side of the posterior border of the nasal septum, communicating each nasal fossa with the nasal pharynx.

The bony constituent of these openings are the choanae osseae, comprising on each side the horizontal plate of the palatine bone below, the base of the skull above, and laterally the medial pterygoid plate.

1. An enthusiasm for flogging or whipping.
2. Erotic pleasure or stimulation derived from whipping or of being whipped.

A collector of whipping instruments: Sam's brother Bud, a flagellophilist had a strange hobby of collecting all implements with handles and a flexible lash used for whipping, like a horsewhip, a lash, a riding crop, or a switch.

Scourge of God, title given to Attila the Hun (A.D. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe and defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France).

Any flagellate microorganism parasitic in the blood, especially protozoa of the suborder Trypanosomatina.