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merozoite definition

mero·zo·ite (mer′ō zō′īt)

noun

any of various cells produced by multiple fission in the asexual stage of certain protozoans, as the malaria parasite

Etymology: < Gr meros, part (see merit) + zo(o)- + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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