MEROZOITE

merozoite

(noun) a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

merozoite (plural merozoites)

(biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont

Source: Wiktionary


Mer`o*zo"ite, n. [Gr. part + Sporozoa.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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