merogony

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Introduction

A form of asexual schizogony, typical of sporozoan protozoa. The nucleus divides several times before the cytoplasm divides. The schizont divides to form merozoites in this asexual phase of the life cycle.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995