schizont
[ skiz-ont, skit-sont ]
nounBiology.
(in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
Origin of schizont
1Words Nearby schizont
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How to use schizont in a sentence
When fully grown, the trophozoite (now a schizont) undergoes schizogony.
Once inside a new host-cell, the merozoite grows to a schizont again.
British Dictionary definitions for schizont
schizont
/ (ˈskɪtsɒnt) /
noun
a cell formed from a trophozoite during the asexual stage of the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite
Origin of schizont
1C19: from schizo- + -ont a being, from Greek einai to be
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