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单词 schizont
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schizont

[ skiz-ont, skit-sont ]
/ ˈskɪz ɒnt, ˈskɪt sɒnt /

noun Biology.

(in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.

Origin of schizont

First recorded in 1895–1900; schiz(o) + -ont

Words nearby schizont

schizoid, schizoid personality, schizomycete, Schizomycetes, schizomycosis, schizont, schizonychia, schizophasia, schizophrenia, schizophrenic, schizophrenogenic
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Example sentences from the Web for schizont

  • When fully grown, the trophozoite (now a schizont) undergoes schizogony.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
  • Once inside a new host-cell, the merozoite grows to a schizont again.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for schizont

schizont
/ (ˈskɪtsɒnt) /

noun

a cell formed from a trophozoite during the asexual stage of the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite

Word Origin for schizont

C19: from schizo- + -ont a being, from Greek einai to be
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for schizont

schizont
[ skĭzŏnt′, skĭtsŏnt′ ]

n.

A sporozoan cell that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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