Polaroplast
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
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.
"The polaroplast is a laminated structure, originating possibly by transformation of endoplasmic reticulum; the polar cap forms its apical part."
Example
More examples"The polaroplast is a laminated structure, originating possibly by transformation of endoplasmic reticulum; the polar cap forms its apical part."
Etymology
From polar + -o- + -plast.
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