| axostyle | An elongate supporting rod or tubule that runs the length of certain flagellate protozoans, frequently projecting out of the posterior end. Single or multiple, filamentous or rigid, they vary with the species but serve as an endoskeletal framework and may function in locomotion as well. Origin: axo-+ G. Stylos, pillar (05 Mar 2000) |
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| axostyles | <cell biology> Ribbon like bundles of microtubules found in certain parasitic protozoa that may generate bending waves by dynein mediated sliding of microtubules. (12 Mar 1998) |