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Definition of Merogony
1. Noun. (biology) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merogony
1. the artificial production of an embryo [n MEROGONIES]
Medical Definition of Merogony
1. 1. The incomplete development of an ovum that has been disorganised. 2. A form of asexual schizogony, typical of sporozoan protozoa, in which the nucleus divides several times before the cytoplasm divides; the schizont divides to form merozoites in this asexual phase of the life cycle. Origin: mero-+ G. Gone, generation (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merogony
Literary usage of Merogony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Embryogeny: An Account of the Laws Govering the Development of the Animal by Hans Przibram (1908)
"In sea urchin eggs which have been artificially fertilised similar experiments
in merogony are also successful [I, 17, 18]. In any case there is sufficient ..."
2. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"... and the phenomenon, our knowledge of which we owe mainly to Delage, is known
as merogony. Although it is obvious that, as a result either of artificial ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Society of London (1901)
"Discussion of the work of O. and R. Hertwig (1887), assertion of his views on
fecundation and merogony, all deduced of his own work by Giard ..."
4. Collected Reprints, 1896-1915 by Frank Rattray Lillie (1896)
"Its absence would furnish sufficient explanation of the failure of such egg-fragments
to fertilize, and the consequent impossibility of producing merogony ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... and which results in development up to the larval form (merogony), is in
reality a case ¡n- which the male gamete, unable to undergo development in ..."
6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"It would be still more serviceable in the rare cases of supposed merogony (3, 4,
8, 12). In these cases, however, nothing is known about the development of ..."
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