'Merozoite' definitions:
Definition of 'merozoite'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
Definition of 'Merozoite'
From: GCIDE
- Merozoite \Mer`o*zo"ite\, n. [Gr. me`ros part + Sporozoa.] (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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]