schizogonous

[ ski-zog-uh-nuhs, skit-sog- ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. pertaining to or reproducing by schizogony.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schizogonous¹

schizogon(y) + -ous ( def )

Example Sentences

This genus actually conforms to Aim� Schneider’s original definition of Eimeria, which was founded on what were really the schizogonous generations of other forms, then thought to be distinct.

From Project Gutenberg

Bananella, Goussia, Hyaloklossia, Gonobia, Pfeifferella and Rhabdospora, many of which probably represent only schizogonous generations of other forms.

From Project Gutenberg