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schizogonous

American

[ski-zog-uh-nuhs, skit-sog-] / skɪˈzɒg ə nəs, skɪtˈsɒg- /

Also schizogonic

adjective

Biology.

pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.

Etymology

Origin of schizogonous

schizogon(y) + -ous ( def. )

Example Sentences

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This genus actually conforms to Aim� Schneider’s original definition of Eimeria, which was founded on what were really the schizogonous generations of other forms, then thought to be distinct.

From Project Gutenberg

Bananella, Goussia, Hyaloklossia, Gonobia, Pfeifferella and Rhabdospora, many of which probably represent only schizogonous generations of other forms.

From Project Gutenberg

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