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Definition of Merozoite

1. Noun. A cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle.

Definition of Merozoite

1. n. A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amœboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.

Definition of Merozoite

1. Noun. (biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont ¹

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Definition of Merozoite

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Medical Definition of Merozoite

1. Stage in the life cycle of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium): formed during the asexual division of the schizont. Merozoites are released and invade other cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Merozoite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"Characteristic merozoite formation follows, giving rise to what Golgi ... The merozoite of the organism of pernicious malaria is a very minute (1.5 to 2 ..."

2. Pathogenic Microörganisms: A Practical Manual for Students, Physicians, and by William Hallock Park, Anna Wessels Williams, Charles Krumwiede (1917)
"2 to 6 represent the asexual reproduction or schizogony, commencing with infection of an epithelial cell by a merozoite or a sporozoite; the merozoite after ..."

3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"... destroy a merozoite or other free stage. It is evident that reproduction at this rate could only continue indefinitely in the ichor of an infinite host. ..."

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