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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of a bacterium becoming a spore. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

monogenesismonogenesis

Etymology

From sporule + -ation.

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