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METACHROMATIC BODIES

\mˌɛtət͡ʃɹə͡ʊmˈatɪk bˈɒdɪz], \mˌɛtət‍ʃɹə‍ʊmˈatɪk bˈɒdɪz], \m_ˌɛ_t_ə_tʃ_ɹ_əʊ_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k b_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_z]\

Definitions of METACHROMATIC BODIES

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Certain bodies in the protoplasm of some species of bacteria that by special staining methods take on a deeper stain than the rest of the bacterial protoplasm, as with the diphtheria bacillus.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).

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