schizont

noun Biology.

1. (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.

noun

1. a cell formed from a trophozoite during the asexual stage of the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite

n.

1. A sporozoan cell that reproduces by schizogony, producing a varied number of daughter trophozoites or merozoites.