Look up: ascus


  1. ascus
    A cell that is the site of meiosis and in which endogenous spores (usually meiospores but sometimes also ascoconidia) are formed. (Pl. asci.)
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  2. Ascus
    A sac-like container of ascospores, generally eight in Ascomycete fungi.
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  3. ascus
    [n] - saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
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  4. Ascus
    Ascus: An elongated spore case containing the spores of certain fungi including yeast.
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  5. ascus
    Elongated spore case containing 4 or 8 haploid sexual ascospores of ascomycete fungi (which include most yeasts).
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  6. Ascus
    As'cus noun ; plural Asci [ New Latin , from Greek ... a bladder.] (Botany) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/128

  7. ascus
    <fungus> Elongated spore case containing 4 or 8 haploid sexual ascospores of ascomycete fungi (which include yeasts). ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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  8. ascus
    noun saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ascus

  9. ascus
    (as´kәs) the spore case of certain fungi.
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  1. Ascus
    • (n.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
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  2. ascus
    a saclike structure produced by fungi of the phylum Ascomycota (sac fungi) in which sexually produced spores (ascospores), usually four or eight in ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/110

  3. ascus
    ascus (s), asci (pl) A cell inside which spores (ascospores), usually eight, are formed in Ascomycetes.
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  4. ascus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: as′kŭs, as′ī Definitions: 1. The saclike cell of Ascomycetes in which ascospores develop following nuclear fusion and meiosis.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=7876

  5. ASCUS
    Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. In the Bethesda system, acronym for atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance, under cell.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=7875

  6. Ascus
    An ascus (plural asci; from Greek ἀσκός "skin bag") is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. On average, asci normally contain eight ascospores, produced by a meiotic cell division followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera or spe...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascus

  7. ascus
    the sac-like cell of the perfect state of an ascomycete, in which ascospores (usually 8) are produced. pl. asci.
    Found op http://www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/lichglos.htm

  8. ASCUS
    Abnormal cells from the outer walls of the cervix (the lower, narrow end of the uterus). Abnormal squamous cells (thin, flat cells that look like fish scales) are found in a low number of Pap smears (a procedure used to detect cervical cancer) and may indicate infection with the human papillomavirus...
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=A

  9. Ascus
    [bryozoa] The ascus is a diagnostic morphological feature of the bryozoan suborder Ascophora (hence the name of the suborder). It is a water-filled sac of frontal membrane opening (ascopore) at or near the zooid orifice. It functions as a hydrostatic system by allowing water into the space b...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascus_(bryozoa)

  10. ascus
    1) Reproductive structure
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ascus/1

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