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plastogamy

plastogamy noun: synonym of plasmogamy.

Noun

plastogamy (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of plasmogamy.
    • The significance of plastogamy is still very obscure, and it is extremely probably that it is not the same in all cases.1894, Herbert P. Johnson, The Plastogamy of Actinosphaerium, page 269
    • The frequent occurrence of plastogamy between adult individuals makes it very possible that all the nuclei in the same body may not be of the same origin; and therefore the formation of the primary cyst-nuclei by the fusion of two others might, in many cases, at least, mean the fusion of nuclei...1964, Sir Edwin Ray Lankester, A Treatise on Zoology, page 32
    Synonyms:
    plasmogamy

Synonyms of plastogamy

Origin of plastogamy

From plasto- + -gamy.

Questions about plastogamy

What does plastogamy mean?
Plastogamy means synonym of plasmogamy.
What part of speech is plastogamy?
Plastogamy is a noun.

Words near plastogamy in the dictionary

  1. plastocyanin
  2. plastocyanins
  3. plastoelastic
  4. plastoelasticity
  5. plastogamic
  6. plastogamy
  7. plastogene
  8. plastogenes
  9. plastogenetic
  10. plastoglobule
  11. plastoglobules

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