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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heterocyst en · NOUN

Etymology

From hetero- + cyst.

Meanings

  1. A specialized nitrogen-fixing cell formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria.

Forms

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Deriveds

heterocystous · proheterocyst

Synonyms

connecting cell