schizont

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schizont - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Schizont \Schi"zont\ (sk[imac]"z[o^]nt or sk[imac]z"[o^]nt), n.
     [Gr. ?, ?, p.pr., cleaving.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]