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schizont

schizont


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Schizont  \Schi"zont\  (sk[imac]"z[o^]nt  or  sk[imac]z"[o^]nt),  n. 
  [Gr.  ?,  ?,  p.pr.,  cleaving.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  In  certain  Sporozoa,  a  cell  formed  by  the  growth  of  a 
  sporozoite  or  merozoite  (in  a  cell  or  corpuscle  of  the  host) 
  which  segment  by  superficial  cleavage,  without  encystment  or 
  conjugation,  into  merozoites.