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Sporozoite vs Merozoite - What's the difference?

sporozoite | merozoite |

As nouns the difference between sporozoite and merozoite

is that sporozoite is sporozoite while merozoite is merozoite.

sporozoite

English

Noun

(wikipedia sporozoite) (en noun)
  • Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell.

    • Derived terms

    *circumsporozoite

    merozoite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A protozoan cell, produced by a sporozoan by merogony, that may become either a meront or a gamont