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anastates

anastates is the plural of anastate.

Meaning of anastate

Noun

anastate (plural anastates)

  1. One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
    • if the reproductive elements start with a specific protoplasm continuous with that of the combined mother ovum and fertilizing sperm — that is , with a concentrated accumulation of characteristic anastates and katastates[…]1888, Biology Pamphlets, volume 1278

Questions about anastates

What is anastates the plural of?
Anastates is the plural of anastate.

Words near anastates in the dictionary

  1. Anastasio
  2. Anastasios
  3. anastasis
  4. Anastasius
  5. anastate
  6. anastates
  7. Anastatia
  8. anastatic
  9. anastatically
  10. anastellin
  11. Anastenaria

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