| CHLOROPLASTS | • chloroplasts n. Plural of chloroplast. • CHLOROPLAST n. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and is the site of photosynthesis. |
| CHROMOPLASTS | • chromoplasts n. Plural of chromoplast. • CHROMOPLAST n. a colored plastid usually containing red or yellow pigment, such as carotene. |
| GONIMOBLASTS | • gonimoblasts n. Plural of gonimoblast. • GONIMOBLAST n. in the red seaweeds, a spore-bearing filament that springs from the fertilized carpogonium. |
| HEMATOBLASTS | • hematoblasts n. Plural of hematoblast. • HEMATOBLAST n. a blood platelet, also HAEMATOBLAST. |
| KINETOPLASTS | • kinetoplasts n. Plural of kinetoplast. • KINETOPLAST n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETONUCLEUS. |
| LIPIDOPLASTS | • LIPIDOPLAST n. a small particle in plant cytoplasm, esp. that of seeds, in which fat is stored. |
| LYMPHOBLASTS | • lymphoblasts n. Plural of lymphoblast. • LYMPHOBLAST n. an abnormal cell, the production of which is linked to lymphoblastic leukaemia. |
| MEGALOBLASTS | • megaloblasts n. Plural of megaloblast. • MEGALOBLAST n. a large erythroblast that appears in the blood esp. in pernicious anemia. |
| MELANOBLASTS | • melanoblasts n. Plural of melanoblast. • MELANOBLAST n. a cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte or melanophore. |
| NEMATOBLASTS | • nematoblasts n. Plural of nematoblast. • NEMATOBLAST n. a stinging thread cell containing a nematocyst, aka cnidoblast. |
| ODONTOBLASTS | • odontoblasts n. Plural of odontoblast. • ODONTOBLAST n. a tooth cell in the surface of dental pulp that produces dentine. |
| SPHEROPLASTS | • spheroplasts n. Plural of spheroplast. • SPHEROPLAST n. a bacterium or yeast cell that is modified, as by enzymatic action, so that there is partial loss of the cell wall and increased osmotic sensitivity. |
| TROPHOBLASTS | • trophoblasts n. Plural of trophoblast. • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |