Crossword clues for merozoite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Merozoite \Mer`o*zo"ite\, n. [Gr. me`ros part + Sporozoa.] (Zo["o]l.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.
Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont
WordNet
n. a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle
Usage examples of "merozoite".
In the human bloodstream they take a form known as merozoites, which burrow into the red blood cells and reproduce asexually, each one producing 6 to 26 new individuals which burst out to infect new blood cells on a cycle that repeats every forty-eight hours.
It works by inserting its molecules into the DNA material of the malaria merozoites and preventing gene replication.
When the number of merozoites exceeds about 50 per cubic milliliter of blood (a typical drop), the victim suffers a malaria attack every forty-eight hours.