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merozoite

[mer-uh-zoh-ahyt]

noun

  1. (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

  1. any of the cells formed by fission of a schizont during the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite Compare trophozoite

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of merozoite1

First recorded in 1895–1900; mero- + zo- + -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of merozoite1

C20: from mero- + zo ( o ) + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

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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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