Definition of Merozoites. Meaning of Merozoites. Synonyms of Merozoites

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Definition of Merozoites

Merozoite
Mero de lo alto Me"ro de lo al"to, and a species called also rock hind, distinguished as Mero cabrolla Me"ro ca*brol"la Merozoite Mer`o*zo"ite, n. [Gr. ? part + Sporozoa.] (Zo["o]l.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat am[oe]boid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite.

Meaning of Merozoites from wikipedia

- which releases many new merozoites that go on to find new blood-borne hosts. Merozoites are motile. Before schizogony, the merozoite is also known as the...
- releasing these invasive Plasmodium cells, called "merozoites", into the bloodstream. In the blood, the merozoites rapidly invade individual red blood cells,...
- mosquito. The sporozoites grow and multiply in the liver to become merozoites. These merozoites invade the erythrocytes (red blood cells) to form trophozoites...
- found exclusively on merozoites. There is also a greater diversity of variant surface antigens found on the surface of merozoites. It is hypothesised that...
- stage. Tachyzoites are also known as "tachyzoic merozoites" and bradyzoites as "bradyzoic merozoites". When an oocyst or tissue cyst is ingested by a...
- develop into uninucleate merozoites. Uninucleated merozoites mature into an erythrocytic stage called schizonts which contain merozoites. The schizonts, an...
- surface of Plasmodium merozoites. MSP-1 is synthesized at the very beginning of schizogony, or a****ual merozoite reproduction. The merozoite first attaches to...
- divide several times to produce new merozoites. The infected red blood cell eventually bursts, allowing the new merozoites to travel within the bloodstream...
- cell into a schizont. This then divides into a number of merozoites by schizogony. The merozoites are released by lysing the host cell, which in turn invade...
- vivax have up to twenty merozoites within them. It is rare to see cells with more than one parasite within them. Merozoites will only attach to immature...