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merozoite
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merozoite /mero·zo·ite/ (mer″o-zo´īt) one of the organisms formed by multiple fission (schizogony) of a sporozoite within the body of the host.
mer·o·zo·ite (mr-zt)
n.
A protozoan cell that arises from the schizogony of a parent sporozoan and may enter either the asexual or sexual phase of the life cycle.
merozoite
[mer′əzō′īt]
Etymology: Gk, meros + zoon, animal
an organism produced from segmentation of a schizont during the asexual reproductive phase of the life cycle of a sporozoon, specifically the malarial parasite Plasmodium. Merozoites can either continue the asexual phase of the life cycle by developing into trophozoites and repeating the process of schizogony or differentiate into male and female gametes and enter the sexual stage. See also Plasmodium.
merozoite [mer″o-zo´īt]
one of the organisms formed by multiple fission (schizogony) of a sporozoite within the body of the host.
merozoite
one of the organisms formed by multiple fission (schizogony) of a sporozoite within the body of the host.
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