merozoite

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See also: mérozoïte

English

Etymology

From mero- +‎ zo- +‎ -ite.

Noun

merozoite (plural merozoites)

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

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