Definition of Schizogony

1. Noun. Asexual reproduction by multiple fission; characteristic of many sporozoan protozoans.

Generic synonyms: Fission

Definition of Schizogony

1. Noun. (biology) asexual reproduction of protozoans etc characterized by multiple divisions of the nucleus and cell ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Schizogony

1. [n -NIES]

Medical Definition of Schizogony

1. The division of cells, especially of protozoans, in nonsexual stages of the life history of the organism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schizogony

schizocoelous
schizocyte
schizocytosis
schizodactyly
schizogenesis
schizogenic
schizogenous
schizogeny
schizognath
schizognathae
schizognathism
schizognathous
schizogonic
schizogonies
schizogonous
schizogyria
schizoid
schizoid personality
schizoid personality disorder
schizoidism
schizoids
schizomid
schizomids
schizomycete
schizomycetes
schizomycetic
schizomycosis
schizonemertea

Literary usage of Schizogony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"... is not always alike, for in some cases, at least, many schizonts assume a globular form. schizogony (fig. 30) commences with a division of the nucleus, ..."

2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"It is said that the oocysts in the older nodules do not seem to be capable of further development. schizogony (fig. ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"A prolonged search of the internal organs revealed no stages in the schizogony of the parasite. The parasites infecting blood cells in the lungs seemed to ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Sometimes schizogony takes the primitive so often found in the corpuscles. In addition, however, at any rate '" -.»ни, it is probable that multiple division ..."

5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Hence it is evident that there is no process of schizogony present. Fig. ... Probably Darling's illustration of schizogony is based on this phenomenon. Fig. ..."

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