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Definition of: schizont
(skiz′ont, skī′zont) noun
The mature trophozoite of a sporozoan, as the malaria parasite, from which new cells, or merozoites, are liberated into the blood by schizogony. [<Gk. schizōn, -ontos, ppr. of schizein split]
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