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merozoite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mero  de  lo  alto  \Me"ro  de  lo  al"to\,  and  a  species  called  also 
  {rock  hind},  distinguished  as  Mero  cabrolla  \Me"ro 
  ca*brol"la\  Merozoite  \Mer`o*zo"ite\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  part  + 
  Sporozoa.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  form  of  spore,  usually  elongate  or  falciform,  and  somewhat 
  am[oe]boid,  produced  by  segmentation  of  the  schizonts  of 
  certain  Sporozoa,  as  the  malaria  parasite. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  merozoite 
  n  :  a  cell  that  arises  from  the  asexual  division  of  a  parent 
  sporozoan  during  its  life  cycle 




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