1) Sporozoan
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• (n.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.
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(from the article `Plasmodium`) ...uncommon), P. falciparum (producing the most severe symptoms), and P. malariae. Plasmodium species exhibit three life-cycle stages—gametocytes, ... ...cells of humans. The parasite (sporozoite) enters the host`s cells and grows while feeding on the cell contents. It then undergoes a multiple ... ...
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<biology> 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. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(mer″o-zo´īt) one of the organisms formed by multiple fission (schizogony) of a sporozoite within the body of the host.
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A stage in the life cycle of the Plasmodium parasite, causative agent of malaria. Initially produce
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Stage in the life-cycle of the malaria parasite ( Plasmodium> Plasmodium ): formed during the asexual division of the schizont. Merozoites are released and invade other cells.
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Mer`o·zo'ite noun [ Greek ... part + Sporo
zoa .]
(Zoology) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amœboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mer′ō-zō′īt Definitions: 1. The motile infective stage of sporozoan protozoa that results from schizogony or a similar type of asexual reproduction; endodyogeny or endopolygeny. Merozoites form at the surface of schizonts, blastophores, or invaginations into schizonts, and are responsible for the...
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n] - a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
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merozoite 1. Any protozoan cell produced by the fission of a schizont, e.g. that of the malaria protozoan. 2. A stage in the life cycle of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium); formed during the asexual division of the schizont (a cell formed during the asexual phase of the life cycle of some single-celled organisms). Merozoites are released and inva...
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noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
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Parasite stage developing from the schizont stage within the host cell as a result of asexual reproduction. They are long thin bodies often present in very large numbers. They eventually break out of the cell and establish the infection in other cells. Merozoites give rise to schizonts or gametocytes.
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the form of the malaria parasite that invades human red blood cells; one of the organisms formed by multiple fission of a sporozoite within the body of the host during the asexual phase of reproduction of a malarial plasmodia and other sporozoa.
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