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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cytology, a body formed from the spindle-fibers of the secondary spermatocytes, said to give rise to the middle-piece and tail envelop of the spermatozoön: probably equivalent to the ‘Nebenkern’ of La Valette St. George.
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- noun cytology An
organelle found within certain unicellulareukaryotes which lackmitochondria .
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From mito- + -some.
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