SCHIZONT


Meaning of SCHIZONT in English

/skiz"ont, skit"sont/ , n. Biol.

(in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.

[ 1895-1900; SCHIZ- + -ont being; see ONTO- ]

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