merogony
/mɪˈrɒɡəni/Biology
noun
1Embryonic development occurring in a fragment of an ovum (originally specifically in an enucleated ovum containing a male pronucleus).
2Asexual reproduction of protists by multiple fission (schizogony), specifically that resulting in the production of merozoites; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From French mérogonie from méro- + -gonie.