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polaroplasts

polaroplasts is the plural of polaroplast.

Meaning of polaroplast

Noun

polaroplast (plural polaroplasts)

  1. An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm escapes to infect the host.
    • The polaroplast is a laminated structure, originating possibly by transformation of endoplasmic reticulum; the polar cap forms its apical part.1967 February, Jiri Lom, “Ultrastructural Observations on the Development of the Microsporidian Protozoon Plistophora hyphessobryconis Schaperclaus”, in The Journal of Protozoology, volume 14, number...

Questions about polaroplasts

What is polaroplasts the plural of?
Polaroplasts is the plural of polaroplast.

Words near polaroplasts in the dictionary

  1. polaroids
  2. polaron
  3. polaronic
  4. polarons
  5. polaroplast
  6. polaroplasts
  7. polarotactic
  8. polarotaxis
  9. polars
  10. polarward
  11. polary

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