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kinetoplast

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English

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Etymology

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From kineto- +‎ -plast.

Noun

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kinetoplast (plural kinetoplasts)

  1. (microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea (kinetoplastids).
  2. A kinetoplastid.
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