sporogony

[ spuh-rog-uh-nee ]

noun

, Biology.

1. (in certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of an encysted zygote or oocyte, resulting in the formation of sporozoites.

sporogony

/ spɒ-; spɔːˈrɒɡənɪ; -ˈrɒdʒ- /

noun

1. the process in sporozoans by which sporozoites are formed from an encysted zygote by multiple fission

sporogony

/ spə-rŏg′ə-nē /

1. Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many apicomplexans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sporogony¹

First recorded in 1885–90; sporo- + -gony

Example Sentences

When conjugation has taken place and sporogony is begun, the danger to the host is at an end.

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The sporogony of this form (and hence its systematic position) remains at present, therefore, quite unknown.

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It is in these parasitic forms that we meet with the method of reproduction by sporogony described above.

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In the flowering plants (anthophyta) sporogony has disappeared.

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In the vast majority of Gregarines, however, the life-cycle is limited to gametogony and sporogony.

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