merogony
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- The development of part of an ovum after damage.
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Etymology
From mero- + -gony.
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