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amastigogenesis

amastigogenesis noun: the production of amastigotes.

Noun

amastigogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The production of amastigotes
    • The viability of the encapsulated parasites is long enough to enable the study of intravacuolar amastigogenesis and replication.2015 August 5, “Encapsulation of Living Leishmania Promastigotes in Artificial Lipid Vacuoles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of amastigogenesis

From amastigote + -genesis.

Questions about amastigogenesis

What does amastigogenesis mean?
Amastigogenesis means the production of amastigotes.
What part of speech is amastigogenesis?
Amastigogenesis is a noun.

Words near amastigogenesis in the dictionary

  1. amassment
  2. amassments
  3. amastatin
  4. amasthenic
  5. amastia
  6. amastigogenesis
  7. amastigophore
  8. amastigophores
  9. amastigote
  10. amastigotes
  11. amastin

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