The Collaborative International Dictionary
Schizont
Schizont \Schi"zont\ (sk[imac]"z[o^]nt or sk[imac]z"[o^]nt), n. [Gr. ?, ?, p.pr., cleaving.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Wiktionary
schizont
n. A cell that divides by schizogony.