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n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, p.pr., cleaving. ] (Zool.) In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into merozoites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]