Mérozoïte

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• Merozoite — Mérozoïte Un mérozoïte est une cellule fille d un protozoaire parasite. Les mérozoïtes sont le résultat de la reproduction asexuée (schizogonie, mérogonie). Dans le cas de la coccidiose, les mérozoïtes forment la première phase du cycle de vie… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Merozoite — Mer o*zo ite, n. [Gr. me ros part + Sporozoa.] (Zo[ o]l.) A form of spore, usually elongate or falciform, and somewhat amoeboid, produced by segmentation of the schizonts of certain Sporozoa, as the malaria parasite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• merozoite — [mer΄ō zō′īt] n. [< Gr meros, part (see MERIT) + ZO(O) + ITE1] any of various cells produced by multiple fission in the asexual stage of certain protozoans, as the malaria parasite …   English World dictionary

• Merozoite — A merozoite (G. meros , part [of a series] , + zoon , animal) is a daughter cell of a protozoan parasite. Merozoites are the result of asexual reproduction (schizogony, merogony). In coccidiosis, merozoites form the first phase of the internal… …   Wikipedia

• merozoite — noun a cell that arises from the asexual division of a parent sporozoan during its life cycle • Hypernyms: ↑sporozoan * * * ˈzōˌīt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + Greek …   Useful english dictionary

• Merozoite surface protein — A merozoite surface protein is a protein molecule taken from the skin, or surface, of a merozoite. A merozoite is a daughter cell of a protozoan. Merozoite surface proteins, or MSPs, are useful in researching malaria, a disease caused by… …   Wikipedia

• merozoite — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from mero + zo + ite Date: 1900 a sporozoan trophozoite produced by schizogony that is capable of initiating a new sexual or asexual cycle of development …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• merozoite — Stage in the life cycle of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium ) : formed during the asexual division of the schizont. Merozoites are released and invade other cells …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• merozoite — /mer euh zoh uyt/, n. (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a schizont that parasitizes a red blood cell in the host. [1895 1900; MERO + ZO + ITE1] * * * …   Universalium

• merozoite — noun A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont …   Wiktionary