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subpellicular

subpellicular adjective: underneath a pellicle.

Adjective

subpellicular (not comparable)

  1. Underneath a pellicle
    • The green fluorescence representing the KH1::HA 3 ::2A protein was present at the periphery of the cell, coincident with the YL1/2 staining subpellicular microtubules, and at an internal region (yellow arrowheads in Fig 1C ) consistent with localization to the amastigote flagellum.2015 August 13, “Kharon1 Null Mutants of Leishmania mexicana Are Avirulent in Mice and Exhibit a Cytokinesis Defect within Macrophages”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subpellicular

From sub- + pellicular.

Questions about subpellicular

What does subpellicular mean?
Subpellicular means underneath a pellicle.
What part of speech is subpellicular?
Subpellicular is an adjective.

Words near subpellicular in the dictionary

  1. subpedigrees
  2. subpeduncular
  3. subpedunculate
  4. subpedunculated
  5. subpelicular
  6. subpellicular
  7. subpellucid
  8. subpeltate
  9. subpelvic
  10. subpena
  11. subpenaed

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