sporoplasm

sporoplasm
The protoplasm of a spore. [sporo- + G. plasma, thing formed]

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spo·ro·plasm (sporґo-plaz″əm) [sporo- + -plasm] 1. the protoplasm of spores. 2. the central dinucleate mass of cytoplasm of certain protozoa that leaves the spore through the polar tube as an amebula to infect the host.

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