Definition & Meaning | English word MEROZOITE
MEROZOITE
Definitions of MEROZOITE
- (biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont
Number of letters
9
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using MEROZOITE in a Sentence
- Merozoite surface proteins, or MSPs, are important in understanding malaria, a disease caused by protozoans of the genus Plasmodium.
- In the case of malaria, the sporozoite and merozoite stages of Plasmodium elicit the antibody response which leads to premunition.
- The following year, working with Henry Shortt, he identified the stage of the malaria parasite within the liver where it changes from the sporozoite to merozoite form.
- Inside the tick, the merozoite undergoes sexual reproduction (gamogony), which is followed by asexual reproduction, resulting in many sporozoites.
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