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schizont

[skiz-ont, skit-sont]
noun Biology.
  1. (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.

Origin of schizont

First recorded in 1895–1900; schiz(o) + -ont
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schizont

noun
  1. a cell formed from a trophozoite during the asexual stage of the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite

Word Origin for schizont

C19: from schizo- + -ont a being, from Greek einai to be
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schizont

[skĭz′ŏnt′, skĭt′sŏnt′]
n.
  1. A sporozoan cell that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites.
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