- kinetoplasm
- 1. The most contractile part of a cell. 2. The cytoplasm of the droplet that covers the sperm head during maturation. SYN: cinetoplasm, cinetoplasma, kinoplasm. [kineto- + G. plasma, a thing formed]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
kinetoplasm
Look at other dictionaries:
cinetoplasm, cinetoplasma — SYN: kinetoplasm … Medical dictionary
kinoplasm — SYN: kinetoplasm. * * * ki·no·plasm kī nə .plaz əm, kin ə also ki·no·plas·ma plaz mə n an active protoplasmic component held to form filaments and mobile structures (as cilia or spindle fibers) ki·no·plas·mic plaz mik adj … Medical dictionary
kinoplasmic — Relating to kinoplasm (kinetoplasm) … Medical dictionary
