kinetoplast

noun

ki·net·o·plast kə-ˈne-tə-ˌplast

kī-

: a DNA-containing organelle especially of trypanosomes usually found in an elongated mitochondrian located adjacent to the basal body

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1925, in the meaning defined above

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kinetoplast

noun

ki·neto·plast kə-ˈnet-ə-ˌplast kī-

: an extranuclear DNA-containing organelle of kinetoplastid protozoans that is usually found in an elongated mitochondrion located adjacent to the basal body

kinetoplastic

-ˌnet-ə-ˈplas-tik

adjective

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