mastigont
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mastigont system — an ultrastructural complex characteristic of mastigophorans, comprising all of the organelles associated with the flagella, including basal bodies, axostyle, and Golgi body; it may or may not be associated with a nucleus (see also karyomastigont… … Medical dictionary
akaryomastigont — akaryo·mas·ti·gont (a kar″e o masґtĭ gont) [a 1 + karyo + mastigont] a condition characteristic of certain flagellate protozoa in which the mastigont system is not associated with a nucleus. Cf. karyomastigont … Medical dictionary
karyomastigont — karyo·mas·ti·gont (kar″e o masґtĭ gont) [karyo + mastigont] a condition characteristic of certain flagellate protozoa in which the mastigont system is associated with a nucleus. Cf. akaryomastigont … Medical dictionary
TrichomonadIda — Tricho·mo·nad·I·da (trik″o mo nadґe də) an order of chiefly parasitic protozoa of the phylum Parabasalia, typically having karyomastigonts with three to six flagella, one of which is recurrent or free or has a proximal segment or the… … Medical dictionary
