anastate

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀναστάτης (anastátēs, destroyer)

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.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for anastate in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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