Definition of Blastospore

1. Noun. (mycology) A type of fungal spore produced asexually by budding. ¹

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Definition of Blastospore

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Blastospore

1. Synonym: Blastoconidium. Origin: blasto-+ G. Sporos, seed (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastospore

blastomycin
blastomycoses
blastomycosis
blastomycotic
blastoneuropore
blastophores
blastoporal
blastopores
blastoporic
blastoporic canal
blastospheres
blastospheric
blastospores
blastostyle
blastostyles
blastotomy
blastproof
blasts
blasts from the past
blastula
blastulae
blastular
blastulas
blastulation
blastulations
blastule

Literary usage of Blastospore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Obstetrics by John Clarence Webster (1901)
"In the human embryonic area the transverse ridge is believed to indicate the point corresponding to the blastospore of lower forms. ..."

2. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"-fliissigkeit Keim-fleck, m. germinal spot, macula germinativa, nucleolus of ovum Keim-flechte,/. blastospore Keim-flussigkeit, /. fluid of vesicular ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The blastospore chains range from 5x3 to 8x4 microns. The cultures are downy, at first white, then becoming dark green. ..."

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