• Merogony

    Full definition of merogony

    Noun

    merogony

    (usually uncountable; plural merogonies)
    1. (biology) A form of asexual reproduction whereby a parasitic protozoan replicates its own nucleus inside its host's cell and then induces cell segmentation; schizogony.
    2. (medicine, embryology) The development of part of an ovum after damage.

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