kinetoplast Hear it!

kinetoplast definition

kineto·plast (ki net′ə plast′, -nēt′-)

noun

a cytoplasmic structure lying at the base of the flagellum in many flagellated protists

Etymology: kineto- + -plast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.