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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
2. 2
   A kinetoplastid.

Etymology

From kineto- + -plast.

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