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| vol·u·tin [ vóllyətin, və lt'n ] |
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easily stained substance: an easily stained substance found in the cytoplasm of some bacterial and fungal cells that serves to store phosphates for the energy needs of the cell
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin Spirillum volutans "rolling spirillum," bacterium in which first found < Latin volutare"wallow"] |
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