n.
Pronunciation: ski- ' zä-g ə -n ē , skit- ' sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin schizogonia, from schiz- + Latin -gonia -gony
Date: 1887
: asexual reproduction by multiple segmentation characteristic of sporozoans (as the malaria parasite)
– schizo · gon · ic \ ˌ ski-z ə - ' gä-nik, ˌ skit-s ə - \ adjective