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Definition of Ectosarc
1. n. The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amœba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.
Definition of Ectosarc
1. Noun. The ectoplasm of an amoeba and similar protozoa ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ectosarc
1. the outermost layer of protoplasm of certain protozoans [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ectosarc
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectosarc
Literary usage of Ectosarc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger (1891)
"... B, portion more highly magnified, showing a, a, the hyaline ectosarc ; 6, one
of the vacuoles of the ..."
2. Contributions to the Study of the Behavior of Lower Organisms by Herbert Spencer Jennings (1904)
"On the contrary, the ectosarc here retains its continuity unbroken, moving across
the ... In the same way, the ectosarc is not regularly transformed into ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"It is well-known that eggs frequently present a clear outer protoplasm that forms
a true ectosarc over the more granular, yolk bearing interior part. ..."
4. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Body spherical and not amoeboid; pseudopodia radiating from all sides and with
axial threads which extend to center of body; ectosarc and ..."
5. A Junior course of practical zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall, Charles Herbert Hurst (1895)
"Two pulsating vacuoles are situated in the substance of the ectosarc of the
dorsal, or aboral region, one at about a third of the animal's length from each ..."
6. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"The production by protoplasm of a homogeneous, or ectosarc- like area, ...
That the formation of ectosarc by the living substance is not a direct physical ..."
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