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sporogony

[ spuh-rog-uh-nee ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. (in certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of an encysted zygote or oocyte, resulting in the formation of sporozoites.


sporogony

/ spɒ-; spɔːˈrɒɡənɪ; -ˈrɒdʒ- /

noun

  1. the process in sporozoans by which sporozoites are formed from an encysted zygote by multiple fission
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


sporogony

/ spə-rŏgə-nē /

  1. Reproduction by multiple fission of a spore or zygote, characteristic of many apicomplexans. Sporogony results in the production of sporozoites.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporogony1

First recorded in 1885–90; sporo- + -gony
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Example Sentences

When conjugation has taken place and sporogony is begun, the danger to the host is at an end.

The sporogony of this form (and hence its systematic position) remains at present, therefore, quite unknown.

It is in these parasitic forms that we meet with the method of reproduction by sporogony described above.

In the flowering plants (anthophyta) sporogony has disappeared.

In the vast majority of Gregarines, however, the life-cycle is limited to gametogony and sporogony.

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