schizogony

noun

schi·​zog·​o·​ny ski-ˈzä-gə-nē 

skit-ˈsä-

: asexual reproduction by multiple segmentation characteristic of sporozoans (such as the malaria parasite)

schizogonic

ˌski-zə-ˈgä-nik 

ˌskit-sə-

adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin schizogonia, from schizo- schizo- + -gonia -gony

Note: The term was introduced in German by Ernst haeckel in Allgemeine Entwicklungsgeschichte der Organismen (Berlin, 1866), p. 37.

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

schizogony

noun

schi·​zog·​o·​ny ski-ˈzäg-ə-nē  skit-ˈsäg- 

plural schizogonies

: asexual reproduction by multiple segmentation characteristic of sporozoans (as the malaria parasite)