"polaroplast" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From polar + -o- + -plast.",
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          "text": "The polaroplast is a laminated structure, originating possibly by transformation of endoplasmic reticulum; the polar cap forms its apical part.",
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          "ref": "2015 August 6, “Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:",
          "text": "The polaroplast consisted of a region of closely and loosely packed series of membranes (Fig 4D and 4E).",
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        "An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm escapes to infect the host."
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