segmenter Zool.
(sɛgˈmɛntə(r))
[f. segment v. + -er1.]
A fully developed sporozoan schizont ready to divide into a number of merozoites.
| 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. Practical Malariol. ii. 31 (caption) A large segmenter in an endothelial cell in the brain. 1978 Jrnl. Protozool. XXV. 449/1 In schizonts and segmenters knobs often obscure the unit membrane structure. |