# merozoite

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont

## Etymology
From mero- + -zoite.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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