merogony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

merogony merogonies

Etymology

From mero- + -gony.

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