Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the cells of an apicomplexan parasite that arise following multiple asexual fission and may enter either the asexual or sexual phase of the life cycle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the life-cycle of a sporozoön, one of the cells to which a dividing spore gives rise. They appear as buds radiating from the parent cell and afterward become free.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology A
protozoan cell , produced by asporozoan bymerogony , that may become either ameront or agamont
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
Etymologies
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Examples
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The new vaccine targets the malaria parasite after it has made its way though the bloodstream and into the liver, where it transforms into a new form called a merozoite, which can infect new red blood cells and cause fever and illness.
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Hensmann M, Li C, Moss C, Lindo V, Greer F, et al. (2004) Disulfide bonds in merozoite surface protein 1 of the malaria parasite impede efficient antigen processing and affect the in vivo antibody response.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Virginie Renaud et al. 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010
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The only small problem with Ms. Shah's narrative is the likelihood that if you don't know your falciparum from your vivax and your merozoite from your schizont, you won't be learning it all here.
NYT > Home Page M.D. By ABIGAIL ZUGER 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Somali Pirates Seize Greek Ship Off East Africa 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Somali Pirates Seize Greek Ship Off East Africa 2010
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After invading the erythrocyte, merozoite de-differentiates into a round trophozoite form.
WN.com - Articles related to Africa making dramatic strides in malaria fight 2010
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