segmentern.
/sɛɡˈmɛntə/ Zoology.
A fully developed sporozoan schizont ready to divide into a number of merozoites.
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1929 R. W. Hegner et al. Animal Parasitol. xi. 144 (caption) Plasmodium vivax. 1, Ring stage; 2, schizont; 3, segmenter; 4, gametocyte.
1946 P. F. Russell et al. Pract. Malariol. ii. 31 (caption) A large segmenter in an endothelial cell in the brain.
1978 Jrnl. Protozool. 25 449/1 In schizonts and segmenters knobs often obscure the unit membrane structure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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