| n. | 1. | (Zool.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite. |
| Noun | 1. | merozoite - a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle |
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