flagellate
pronunciation
How to pronounce flagellate in British English:
UK [ˈflædʒəleɪt]
How to pronounce flagellate in American English:
US [ˈflædʒəˌlet]
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- Noun:
- usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
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- Verb:
- whip
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- Adjective:
- having or resembling a flagellum or flagella
Word Origin
- flagellate (v.)
- "to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus, past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum). Related: Flagellated; flagellating. An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)).
- flagellate (adj.)
- 1851, from flagellum + -ate (1).
Example
- 1. One case of flagellate detected from the vaginal secretion of patient with vaginitis .
- 2. Kabul , afghanistan : afghan shia muslims flagellate themselves with chains during an ashura procession .
- 3. Iraq shiite worshippers flagellate themselves as they mark ashura in baghdad , iraq , saturday , jan. 3 .
- 4. A flagellate protozoan , such as a trypanosome , that is parasitic in the blood .
- 5. Lahore , pakistan : shia muslims flagellate themselves with knife blades on chains during a muharram procession