Meaning & use
schizont
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A multinucleate stage in the life cycle of certain sporozoan parasites, such as the malaria parasite, formed by repeated nuclear division before splitting into many daughter cells.
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The schizont ruptures the red blood cell, releasing merozoites into the bloodstream.
Researchers studied the schizont stage to understand how malaria parasites multiply so rapidly.
A note on using this word
"Schizont" comes from the Greek "schizein," to split, reflecting how the cell divides repeatedly before releasing new parasites.
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