Schizont \Schi"zont\ (sk[imac]"z[o^]nt or sk[imac]z"[o^]nt), n.
[Gr. ?, ?, 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.]