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parasporal

parasporal adjective: describing a crystalline protein that forms around a spore in some bacteria that acts as a toxin precursor when digested.

Adjective

parasporal (comparative more parasporal, superlative most parasporal)

  1. Describing a crystalline protein that forms around a spore in some bacteria that acts as a toxin precursor when digested

Forms of parasporal

comparativemore parasporal
superlativemost parasporal

Origin of parasporal

From para- + sporal.

Words formed from parasporal

Phrases with parasporal

Questions about parasporal

What does parasporal mean?
Parasporal means describing a crystalline protein that forms around a spore in some bacteria that acts as a toxin precursor when digested.
What part of speech is parasporal?
Parasporal is an adjective.

Words near parasporal in the dictionary

  1. parasphenoids
  2. paraspinal
  3. paraspinally
  4. paraspinous
  5. parasplenial
  6. parasporal
  7. parasporal bodies
  8. parasporal body
  9. parasporin
  10. parasporins
  11. parasport

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