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axoplasts

axoplasts is the plural of axoplast.

Meaning of axoplast

Noun

axoplast (plural axoplasts)

  1. A dense structure, with no microtubules, located in the center or close to the nucleus of a cell, and from which radiate axopodia.
    • Centroaxoplastids have an axoplast at the centre of the cell, in a membrane-enclosed cavity within the nucleus, and radiating bundles of microtubules in a pin-wheel array (Fig. 6.13j), which is an extension of the cryptoaxoplastid pattern.1991, Michael A. Sleigh, Protozoa and Other Protists, →ISBN, page 183

Questions about axoplasts

What is axoplasts the plural of?
Axoplasts is the plural of axoplast.

Words near axoplasts in the dictionary

  1. axoplasmatic
  2. axoplasmic
  3. axoplasmically
  4. axoplasms
  5. axoplast
  6. axoplasts
  7. axoplaxome
  8. axoplaxomes
  9. axopod
  10. axopodia
  11. axopodial

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