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schizont
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schiz·ont  (skznt, sktsnt)
n.
A sporozoan cell produced by schizogony.
schizont [ˈskɪtsɒnt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) a cell formed from a trophozoite during the asexual stage of the life cycle of sporozoan protozoans, such as the malaria parasite
[from schizo- + -ont a being, from Greek einai to be]
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malariae trophozoites, schizonts, and gametocytes (285/[micro]L).
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Thereafter these schizonts rupture, releasing merozoites into the blood stream, which then infect red blood cells.
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The researchers don't know precisely how the chimpanzees' immune systems mustered protection against the subsequent challenge with P falciparum--whether they formed antibodies against malaria schizonts or unleashed specialized immune cells called T cells.
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