'Schizont' definitions:

Definition of 'Schizont'

From: GCIDE

Schizont \Schi"zont\ (sk[imac]"z[o^]nt or sk[imac]z"[o^]nt), n. [Gr. ?, ?, p.pr., cleaving.] (Zool.) In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into merozoites. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]