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spheroplast
1. A bacterial cell that assumes a spherical shape because of a partial or complete absence of the wall or a plant cell that possesses only a partial or modified cell wall.
2. A bacterium or yeast cell that has lost part of its cell wall and is, as a result, spherical in shape and more sensitive to osmosis.
3. A bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
2. A bacterium or yeast cell that has lost part of its cell wall and is, as a result, spherical in shape and more sensitive to osmosis.
3. A bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
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sphero-, spher-, -sphere-
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