| AMYLOPLAST | • amyloplast n. (Biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch. |
| AUTOPLASTY | • autoplasty n. (Medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy… • AUTOPLASTY n. grafting tissue from patient's own body. |
| BIOPLASTIC | • bioplastic n. Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as… • BIOPLASTIC n. a plastic that is made from organic matter rather than oil. |
| CYTOPLASTS | • cytoplasts n. Plural of cytoplast. • CYTOPLAST n. the intact cytoplasm of a single cell. |
| HOMOPLASTY | • homoplasty n. (Biology) The formation of homologous tissues. • HOMOPLASTY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic, also HOMOPLASY. |
| HYOPLASTRA | • hyoplastra n. Plural of hyoplastron. • HYOPLASTRON n. in a turtle's plastron, a plate between the hypoplastron and the entoplastron. |
| HYPOPLASTY | • hypoplasty n. Alternative form of hypoplasia. • HYPOPLASTY n. incomplete development of a part or organ, also HYPOPLASIA. |
| LEUCOPLAST | • leucoplast n. (Biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various… • LEUCOPLAST n. a colorless plastid in the cytoplasm of plant cells around which starch collects. |
| LIPOPLASTS | • LIPOPLAST n. a small particle in plant cytoplasm esp. that of seeds in which fat is stored. |
| NEOPLASTIC | • neoplastic adj. Of or relating to a neoplasm, neoplastics, neoplasty or neoplasia. • NEOPLASTIC adj. of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia. |
| PROPLASTID | • proplastid n. (Cytology) A small, colourless cell that develops into any form of plastid. • PROPLASTID n. a precursor of a cell plastid. |
| PROTOPLAST | • protoplast adj. (Obsolete) Created first; archetypal. • protoplast n. The first-created human; Adam. • protoplast n. (Rare) A prototype or archetype; a model. |
| TONOPLASTS | • tonoplasts n. Plural of tonoplast. • TONOPLAST n. a semipermeable membrane surrounding a plant vacuole. |
| TUBOPLASTY | • tuboplasty n. (Surgery) Surgery to repair one or both of the Fallopian tubes. • TUBOPLASTY n. the surgical repair of a Fallopian tube. |
| ZOOPLASTIC | • zooplastic adj. Of, or relating to zooplasty. • ZOOPLASTIC adj. relating to zooplasty, the surgical transfer of tissue from an animal to man. |