schizontn.
/ˈskʌɪzɒnt/ Zoology.
In Protozoa, a cell that divides asexually to form daughter cells; esp. in Sporozoa, a multinucleate cell that divides asexually to form merozoites.
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schizont1900
agamont1911
macroschizont1912
1900 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 336 In the author's [sc. Schaudinn's] nomenclature this process of asexual multiplication is known as schizogony, the mother cells are schizonts, and the daughter cells merozoites... They may grow rapidly.., and become converted into schizonts.
1912 E. A. Minchin Introd. Study Protozoa ix. 181 It would perhaps be better to replace the terms ‘schizont’ and ‘sporont’ by ‘agamont’ and ‘gamont’ respectively.
1957 New Biol. 24 27 Typically there are two distinct generations [in foraminifera], namely a sexual one (the gamont) which alternates with an asexual one (or schizont).
1974 Nature 22 Nov. 268/1 Three different sorts of vaccine are at present being investigated: irradiated sporozoites from the mosquito, extracts from schizonts (developing stages in the blood) and emulsified merozoites (the stages which pass between blood cells).
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