# merogony

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; a form of schizogony.
2. The development of part of an ovum after damage.

## Etymology
From mero- + -gony.

## Source
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