exflagellation
noun
ex·flag·el·la·tion
(ˌ)eks-ˌflaj-ə-ˈlā-shən
1
: the casting off of cilia or flagella
2
: the formation of microgametes in sporozoans (as the malaria parasite) by extrusion of nuclear material into peripheral processes resembling flagella
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