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Definition of: merozoite
(mer′ə·zō′īt) noun Zool.
One of the mature spores liberated in the sporulating stage of certain protozoa, as the parasite causingmalaria (Plasmodium). [<MERO- + (SPORO)- ZO(A) + -ITE1]
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