spheroplast
[ sfeer-uh-plast, sfer- ]
/ ˈsfɪər əˌplæst, ˈsfɛr- /
noun Bacteriology.
a Gram-negative bacterial cell with a cell wall that has been altered or is partly missing, resulting in a spherical shape.
Words nearby spheroplast
spheroid,
spheroidal,
spheroidicity,
spherometer,
spherophakia,
spheroplast,
spherule,
spherulite,
sphery,
sphincter,
sphincter muscle of common bile duct