Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Schizont

Schizont (skī"zont or skīz"ont) , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, p.pr., cleaving.]

(Zoology) 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.