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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Merozoite

· Mer·o·zo·ite · IPA
01 n. A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as th…
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    A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.(Zool.)