Ascon
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
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- Asconoid
pertaining to or resembling an .
- Ascorbase
ascorbase ascorbase a·scor·base (ə-skôr’bās) n. A copper-containing enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of ascorbic acid.
- Ascorbate
a salt or other derivative of ascorbic acid. noun a salt of ascorbic acid ascorbate a·scor·bate (ə-skôr’bāt, -bĭt) n. A salt of ascorbic acid. ascorbate (ə-skôr’bāt, -bĭt) A salt or ester of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
- Ascorbic
adj. 1933 (in ascorbic acid), from a- (2) + scorb(ut)ic “of scurvy” (from Medieval Latin scorbuticus “scurvy”); originally in reference to Vitamin C, which is an anti-scorbutic. The Latin word is perhaps of German or Dutch origin.
- Ascospore
a formed within an ascus. noun one of the spores (usually eight in number) that are produced in an ascus ascospore (ās’kə-spôr’) A sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus of ascomycetes. Ascospores have a haploid number of chromosomes and are formed by meiosis of the diploid zygote that results when the nuclei of […]