schizont /schiz·ont/ (skiz´ont) the multinucleate stage in the development of some members of the Sarcodina and some sporozoans during schizogony.
schizont
schiz·ont (sk z  nt , sktsnt)n. A sporozoan cell that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites. |
schizont
[skitsənt]
Etymology: Gk, schizein + genein, to produce
1 reproduction by multiple fission.
2 the multinucleated cell stage during the asexual reproductive phase in the life cycle of a sporozoon, such as the malarial parasite Plasmodium. Also called agamont. Compare sporont. See also schizogony. schizogonic, schizogonous, adj.
schizont
the asexual reproductive stage in the development of the Eimeria spp. and in many other coccidians, e.g. Toxoplasma spp. in the cat, Cystoisospora, Hammondia, Frenkelia and Isospora spp., following the trophozoite whose nucleus divides into many smaller nuclei.
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