sporogony

[ spuh-rog-uh-nee ]

/ spəˈrɒg ə ni /

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noun Biology.

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

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Origin of sporogony

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

Words nearby sporogony

sporocyst, sporocyte, sporogenesis, sporogenous, sporogonium, sporogony, sporont, sporophore, sporophyll, sporophyte, sporoplasm

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How to use sporogony in a sentence

When conjugation has taken place and sporogony is begun, the danger to the host is at an end.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
The sporogony of this form (and hence its systematic position) remains at present, therefore, quite unknown.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
It is in these parasitic forms that we meet with the method of reproduction by sporogony described above.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 2|Various
In the flowering plants (anthophyta) sporogony has disappeared.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel

In the vast majority of Gregarines, however, the life-cycle is limited to gametogony and sporogony.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sporogony

sporogony

/ (spɔːˈrɒɡənɪ, -ˈrɒdʒ-, spɒ-) /

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for sporogony

sporogony

[ spə-rŏg′ə-nē ]

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