Merogony
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Merogony is a noun meaning (medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.
Meaning
(medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.
More Meanings
- (biology) 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.
Word Forms
- merogonies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parthenogenetic, exoerythrocytic, erythrocytic, schizogony, agamogony, schiozogony.
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