anastate

English

Etymology

From ana- (“upwards”, compare anabolism) +‎ Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “placed, standing”), from ἵστημι (hístēmi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəsteɪt/

Noun

anastate (plural anastates)

1. (biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
   • 1888, Biology Pamphlets, volume 1278:

     if the reproductive elements start with a specific protoplasm continuous with that of the combined mother ovum and fertilizing sperm — that is , with a concentrated accumulation of characteristic anastates and katastates […]

Related terms

• catastate

References

“anastate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• astatane