Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: monaster
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.

Example Sentences

"After the encounter of the two pronuclei, one quadrant of the former positive cross of the monaster is missing on the side of the egg pronucleus."
"One finds the longest chromosomes in the vascular epithelial cells if the monaster is well developed (Fig. 24), whilst shortly beforehand (Fig. 15) the chromosomes are still rather short."
"At the same time the middle piece breaks down and releases the centriole, around which egg cytoplasm forms the sperm monaster."
"Large monasters can be produced in egg cells by a variety of methods; drugs, such as strychnine or chloral hydrate (Hertwig, 1887 ), hypertonic sea water (Morgan, 1896; Wilson,1901;Herlant, 1918),and by mechanical agitation (Boveri, 1903; Painter, 1915)."

Etymology

From mon- + aster.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mon

Inflected Forms

monasters (plural)

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster aster alabaster remaster

Questions

What does monaster mean?: The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.
Where does monaster come from?: From mon- + aster.

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