Asexual reproduction or multiplication of organisms without sexual union, particularly in parasites like malaria parasites.
From Greek 'agamos' (asexual) plus 'gony' (from 'gonia,' meaning generation or production). It's a synonym for agamogenesis used especially in parasitology.
Malaria parasites are masters of agamogony—inside your blood cells, they reproduce asexually by the thousands before releasing themselves to infect more cells, which is why the disease spreads so rapidly through the body!
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