English Explanatory Dictionary

polaroplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

polaroplast polaroplasts

Etymology

From polar + -o- + -plast.

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