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archoplasm Definition

archo·plasm (är′kə plaz′əm)

noun

a specialized portion of the cytoplasm involved in the formation of the aster and spindle during mitosis

Etymology: ModL archoplasma < arch- (with -o-, as if Gr archōn, archon) + -plasm

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