— arthrosporic /ahr'threuh spawr"ik, -spor"-/ , arthrosporous /ahr thros"peuhr euhs, ahr'threuh spawr"euhs, -spohr"-/ , adj.
/ahr"threuh spawr', -spohr'/ , n. Biol.
1. an isolated vegetative cell that has passed into a resting state, occurring in bacteria and not regarded as a true spore.
2. one of a number of spores of various fungi and certain blue-green algae, united in the form of a string of beads, formed by fission.
[ 1890-95; ARTHRO- + SPORE ]