merozoite

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Noun merozoite has 1 sense

merozoite - a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
--₁ is a kind of sporozoan

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Merozoite

Noun

(Biology)

A merozoite refers to any of the infective forms in the life cycle of a sporozoan parasite, such as a Plasmodium parasite that causes malaria, which multiplies asexually in the host's red blood cells.

Sample sentence:

The merozoite stage of a Plasmodium parasite is responsible for the cyclic fever associated with malaria.

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