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Definition of Kinetoplast
1. Noun. (microbiology) A disk-shaped mass of circular DNA inside a large mitochondrion, found specifically in protozoa of the class Kinetoplastea - (kinetoplastids) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kinetoplast
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Medical Definition of Kinetoplast
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinetoplast
Literary usage of Kinetoplast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi may be identified by the presence of a rod-
shaped kinetoplast, in addition to the nucleus. ..."