Medical Definition of Plastide
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1. A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.
2. One of the many minute granules found in the protoplasm of vegetable cells. They are divided by their colours into three classes, chloroplastids, chromoplastids, and leucoplastids.
Origin: Gr, a creator.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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