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merozoite
[ mer-uh-zoh-ahyt ]
noun
- (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
merozoite
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noun
- any of the cells formed by fission of a schizont during the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite Compare trophozoite
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of merozoite1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of merozoite1
C20: from mero- + zo ( o ) + -ite 1
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Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
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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