spheroplast: Meaning and Definition of

sphe•ro•plast

Pronunciation: (sfēr'u-plast", sfer'-), [key]
— n. Bacteriol.
  1. a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
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