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merozoite
[mer-uh-zoh-ahyt]
noun
(in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
merozoite
/ ˌmɛrəʊˈzəʊaɪt /
noun
any of the cells formed by fission of a schizont during the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite Compare trophozoite
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Word History and Origins
Origin of merozoite1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of merozoite1
C20: from mero- + zo ( o ) + -ite 1
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If researchers could replicate these changes in the lab, Hakimi reasoned, they’d be able to take an asexual parasite and force it to form a merozoite, even outside of a cat.
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I.-IV represents the schizogony, commencing with infection of an epithelial cell by a sporozoite or merozoite.
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