kinetoplast

noun

ki·​net·​o·​plast kə-ˈne-tə-ˌplast 

kī-

: a DNA-containing organelle especially of trypanosomes usually found in an elongated mitochondrian located adjacent to the basal body

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

kinetoplast

noun

ki·​neto·​plast kə-ˈnet-ə-ˌplast  kī- 

: an extranuclear DNA-containing organelle of kinetoplastid protozoans that is usually found in an elongated mitochondrion located adjacent to the basal body

kinetoplastic

-ˌnet-ə-ˈplas-tik 

adjective