A merosome is a recently described life stage of malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium. After injection by mosquitoes into the human host, malaria parasites first migrate to liver cells (hepatocytes), where they replicate asexually inside the host cell. Afterwards, they go on to infect red blood cells. This transition is characterised by the ....
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• (n.) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.
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Mer'o·some noun [ Greek ... part +
- some body.]
(Zoology) One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.
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