merozoite
/ˌmɛrə(ʊ)ˈzəʊʌɪt/Biology and Medicine
noun
In many sporozoans: any of the individuals produced by schizogony (merogony) in the asexual phase of the life cycle, which infect further host cells and in turn form meronts or gamonts.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From French mérozoïte from méro- + -zoïte.