merozoite
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əˈzoʊ noun
(in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host.
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| Compare trophozoite any of the cells formed by fission of a schizont during the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite | |
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merozoite mer·o·zo·ite (měr'ə-zō'īt)
n.
A protozoan cell that arises from the schizogony of a parent sporozoan and may enter either the asexual or sexual phase of the life cycle.
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After entering the erythrocyte, the merozoite breaks down the cell's hemoglobin, feeding off the amino acids.
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