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volutin

[ vol-yuh-tin ]

noun

, Cell Biology.
  1. basophilic nucleoprotein granules in the cytoplasm or the vacuoles of certain microorganisms.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of volutin1

< German Volutin (1903), equivalent to ( Spirillum ) volut ( ans ) a species of bacteria + -in -in 2

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