schizogony
noun
schi·zog·o·ny ski-ˈzä-gə-nē 
skit-ˈsä-
: asexual reproduction by multiple segmentation characteristic of sporozoans (such as the malaria parasite)
schizogonic
ˌski-zə-ˈgä-nik
adjective ˌskit-sə-
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin schizogonia, from schizo- schizo- + -gonia -gony
Note: The term was introduced in German by Ernst haeckel in Allgemeine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Organismen (Berlin, 1866), p. 37.
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
schizogony
noun
schi·zog·o·ny ski-ˈzäg-ə-nē skit-ˈsäg-
skit-ˈsäg- plural schizogonies
: asexual reproduction by multiple segmentation characteristic of sporozoans (as the malaria parasite)