- arthrospore
-
—arthrosporic /ahr'threuh spawr"ik, -spor"-/, arthrosporous /ahr thros"peuhr euhs, ahr'threuh spawr"euhs, -spohr"-/, adj./ahr"threuh spawr', -spohr'/, n. Biol.1. an isolated vegetative cell that has passed into a resting state, occurring in bacteria and not regarded as a true spore.2. one of a number of spores of various fungi and certain blue-green algae, united in the form of a string of beads, formed by fission.[1890-95; ARTHRO- + SPORE]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.