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Definition of Schizont
1. n. 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.
Definition of Schizont
1. Noun. A cell that divides by schizogony. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Schizont
1. an organism that reproduces by a form of asexual reproduction [n -S]
Medical Definition of Schizont
1. A sporozoan trophozoite (vegetative form) that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites. See: meront, segmenter. Synonym: agamont, segmenting body. Origin: schizo-+ G. On (ont-), a being (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schizont
Literary usage of Schizont
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1903)
"project above the surface of the schizont, taking the nucleus with it Thus are
... The division of the nucleus of the schizont in the process of schizogony ..."
2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"In fresh preparations the young quartan schizont has only slight amoeboid movement
and, as development proceeds, the rather dark brown, coarse pigment tends ..."
3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"In fresh preparations the young quartan schizont has only slight amoeboid movement
and, as development proceeds, the rather dark brown, coarse pigment tends ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The histological results reported here indicate that stages up to the early 2nd
generation schizont cause little immune response during the periods studied. ..."
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